Full Scope Practice

 ...to better prepare family physicians for the future.

Maternity Care
Our program's maternity care curriculum takes advantage of multiple teaching sites. The largest portion of time on the block rotations in maternity care is spent at a large hospital where ONLY family practice residents train. In this setting, residents care for moms and babies and perform deliveries and newborn care under the supervision of family practice OB faculty. In addition, the rotation includes time in community pre-natal clinics, and electives in obstetrics are available at the university or in away rotations depending on resident educational needs.

Ambulatory Procedures
Each resident spends two four-week blocks in the ambulatory procedures block which affords training in minor surgery, vasectomies, colposcopies, circumcisions, flexible sigmoidoscopy and other common outpatient procedures - again under the supervision of family practice faculty.

Geriatrics
The department is proud to be a Hartford Center of Excellence for Geriatric Education. The basic curriculum in geriatrics is strong and again taught by family practice faculty. In addition, residents who wish specialized training or even a Master's in Gerontology, are invited to take advantage of additional specialized training, mentorship, travel to meetings, and so forth through the Hartford grant support.

Behavioral Science
Residents in our program enjoy both a block and longitudinal experience in the area of behavioral science taught by family practice faculty - both physician and non-physician faculty including a full-time clinical psychologist. With the increased exposure to continuity patients afforded by the dramatic increase in clinic time, residents are able to draw upon the many teaching resources in the department to address psychological issues in their own patients. This is a definite strength of our program.