Academic years are scheduled into 13 block rotations, each 28 days in length.
Over the three years of residency training, residents are guaranteed a
minimum of four blocks of elective time along with the required training
rotations listed below.
First Year
First year of residency has no elective rotations and provides a broad
base upon which to build a future practice. In-house call is approximately
one in four. First year residents maintain a continuity outpatient clinic
of 1-2 half days per week.
Second year of residency continues to develop experience and provides opportunities
for electives. Second year residents maintain a continuity outpatient
clinic of 3-4 half days per week.
Inpatient Teaching Service – 16 weeks
Obstetrics – 8 weeks
Cardiology – 4 weeks
Orthopedics – 4 weeks
Critical Care – 4 weeks
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – 4 weeks
Emergency Medicine – 4 weeks
Nursing Home – 2 weeks
Radiology – 2 weeks
Outpatient Pediatrics (Grand Forks Air Force Base) – 4 weeks
Third year of residency includes ample time for electives. Each resident
acts as chief resident for six to eight weeks. Third year residents maintain
a continuity outpatient clinic of 4-5 half days per week.
For rotation descriptions, goals, and objectives, please see the Rotation
Description Manual.
Electives
Throughout the three years of residency, residents are given the opportunity
to select at least four blocks of electives of their choice. Elective
rotations are an opportunity for residents to shape their education to
match their future community and practice needs. Residents are encouraged
to selective any available elective rotations and may request a new elective
rotation, as long as goals and objectives are created and approved by
the faculty.
Electives include, but are not limited to:
Ultrasound
Procedures
Infectious Disease
Sports Medicine
Palliative Care
Endocrinology
Nephrology
Gastroenterology
Anesthesiology
Clinic
Residents build and maintain a continuity of patients at one central clinic
location in Grand Forks, approximately one mile north of Altru Hospital.
Each resident has their own workspace, including desk, computer and phone,
at the clinic. All faculty members, including behavioral health and pharmacist,
have offices at the clinic and are available to precept while residents
have patients in clinic.
At the beginning of residency, resident’s patients are scheduled
in 60-minute intervals, decreasing to 40-minutes after six months of training.
Second-year decreases to 30-minute appointment intervals and third-year
residents to 20-minute appointment intervals.
Conferences
Conferences are held at noon four days of the week to provide didactic
learning experiences in the broad range of family practice. Lectures are
presented by faculty, community physicians, residents, and other experts
in their field. Lunch is catered at all noon conferences.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
Emergency Medicine
Orthopedics
Perinatal
Journal Club
Gynecology
Ethics
Sports Medicine
Psychiatry/Wellness
Ultrasound
Root-Cause Analysis and Apparent Cause Analysis
Pharmacology
Safety Forum
Practice Management
Pediatrics
Resident Education
One afternoon each month is devoted to resident education, providing an
opportunity to devote more time to in-depth study of various topics and
procedures. Often this includes workshops covering casting and splinting,
colposcopy, or methods of musculoskeletal assessment.
Residents build and maintain a continuity of patients at one central clinic
location in Grand Forks, approximately one mile north of Altru Hospital.
Each resident has their own workspace, including desk, computer and phone,
at the clinic. All faculty members, including behavioral health and pharmacist,
have offices at the clinic and are available to precept while residents
have patients in clinic.
Conferences are held at noon four days of the week to provide didactic
learning experiences in the broad range of family practice. Lectures are
presented by faculty, community physicians, residents, and other experts
in their field. Lunch is catered at all noon conferences.
