Didactics

Didactics are every Thursday afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Residents step away from clinical duties for education, skills practice, and time with co-residents and faculty. Lunch is provided. The curriculum complements the clinical rotations and covers the breadth of family medicine.

Clinical education

Sessions take several forms: lectures, case discussions, journal club, board review, and hands-on workshops. Local specialists and community physicians teach sessions too. Topics include:

• Primary care and outpatient medicine

• Hospital medicine

• Pediatrics

• Obstetrics and gynecology

• Preventive medicine

• Pulmonary medicine

• ECG interpretation with a local cardiologist

• Case-based clinical discussions

• Journal club

• Resident-led teaching sessions

Procedure workshops

Through the year, residents practice procedures in hands-on workshops:

• Women's health procedures

• Nexplanon insertion and removal

• Circumcision

• Vasectomy

• Dermatology skills

• Musculoskeletal procedures

• Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)

• Intubation and airway management

• Central line placement

• Wilderness medicine

• Orthopedic skills and splinting

• Lifestyle medicine

• Osteopathic manipulative medicine

Beyond clinical medicine

• Practice management

• CV development

• Financial literacy

• Networking and recruiting events

• Medicolegal topics

• Interviewing

• Contract negotiation

Wellness and community

Didactics also hold time for residents to be together outside the clinic:

• Group hikes

• Holiday gatherings

• Resident social events

• Art and creative activities

• Visits to local businesses

• U-pick fruit farms