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East Kentucky Family Medicine Residency Program - Curriculum

Committed to the common vision of improving health to rural people, the faculty has implemented a well-functioning curriculum that addresses the unique intricacies of rural medicine. The curriculum provides the residents with excellent training in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, and also emphasizes community-oriented primary care, which is so vital to rural medical practice.

Allopathic Osteopathic
First year
  • Nursery (1 month)
  • General Surgery (1 month)
  • Obstetrics (2 months)
  • Pediatrics (1 month)
  • Medicine ICU (1 month)
  • Emergency Medicine (1 month)
  • Family Medicine (1 month)
  • Family Med/Int Med (2 months)
  • Behavioral/Community Med (2 wks)
  • Psych (2 weeks)
  • Elective/Vacation (1 month)
  • Nursery (1 month)
  • General Surgery (1 month)
  • Obstetrics (2 months)
  • Pediatrics (1 month)
  • Medicine ICU (1 month)
  • Emergency Medicine (1 month)
  • Family Medicine (1 month)
  • Family Med/Int Med (2 months)
  • Behavioral/Community Med (2 wks)
  • Psych (2 weeks)
  • Elective/Vacation (1 month)
Second year
  • General Surgery (1 month)
  • Peds Ward (1 month)
  • Pediatrics (1 month)
  • Family Medicine (3 months)
  • Orthopedics (1 month)
  • ICU/Pulmonology (1 month)
  • Gynecology (1 month)
  • Cardiology (1 month)
  • Emergency Medicine (1 month)
  • Elective (1 month)
  • General Surgery (1 month)
  • Peds Ward (1 month)
  • Pediatrics (1 month)
  • Family Medicine (2 months)
  • Orthopedics (1 month)
  • ICU/Pulmonology (1 month)
  • Gynecology (2 months)
  • Emergency Medicine (1 month)
  • Elective (1 month)
  • Behavioral/Community Med (2 weeks)
Third year
  • Dermatology (1 month)
  • Urology (2 weeks)
  • Gastro-Intestinal (2 weeks)
  • Radiology (2 weeks)
  • Ophthalmology (2 weeks)
  • Hematology/Oncology (2 weeks)
  • ENT (2 weeks)
  • Family Medicine (3 months)
  • Orthopedics (1 month)
  • Elective (2 months)
  • Surgery Specialty Elect (1 month)
  • Away Elective (1 month)
  • Dermatology (1 month)
  • Urology (2 weeks)
  • Gastro-Intestinal (2 weeks)
  • NICU (2 weeks)
  • Ophthalmology (2 weeks)
  • Hematology/Oncology (2 weeks)
  • ENT (2 weeks)
  • Family Medicine (2 months)
  • Orthopedics (1 month)
  • Elective (1 month)
  • Surgery Specialty Elect (1 month)
  • Emergency Medicine (1 month)
  • Away Elective (1 month)
  • Cardiology (1 month)
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