| Methodist Hospital (Houston) Family Medicine Residency Program |
Program Strengths and Highlights
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1. Community based program with a university based learning experience
A. Methodist Hospital is a world renown tertiary care center and is nationally ranked in 15 specialties by U.S. News & World Report.
B. Small class size
C. High Faculty to Resident ratio (4-7 faculty for 12 residents)
2. Robust didactic program
3. Direct Faculty supervision in all arenas
4. Full time residency faculty – paid to teach
5. Excellent clinical teaching sites
A. Family Medicine Clinic has EMR, Tablet PCs, and fully wireless.
B. See affiliations page
C. World renown Texas Medical Center
6. Wide variety of clinical exposure
A. Continuity clinic offers residents wide variety of patients from infants to geriatrics, ob/gyn. Many of our clinic patients are
under served and thus have complex medical conditions.
B. Being in the Texas Medical Center our residents are exposed to a multitude of conditions that they will NEVER see anywhere
else. Patients are referred to Methodist from all
around the world. Our residents train with experts in the field who have literally “written the book” in their fields.
C. Family Medicine center allows residents to have exposure to many procedures such as joint injections, circumcisions, colposcopy,
endometrial biopsy, cryosurgery, radio
frequency ablations, skin procedures, flexible sigmoidoscopy, osteopathic manipulative treatments, laceration repair,etc.
7. State of the art training facility
A. Methodist Hospital allows our residents access to the Inanimate and Animate skills labs where under supervision by faculty and the
latest technology residents can learn and fine tune various procedural skills.
8. Commitment to Evidence Based Medicine
A. Our residents learn how to find proper evidence to guide their patient care through resource refinement and efficiency.
9. Practice Management Curriculum
A. Our residents have exposure to the core essentials they need to succeed professionally. During this rotation and the longitudinal
curriculum
our residents learn how to manage a
practice, meet with financial advisors,meet with Vice Presidents of organizations, etc.
10. Research
A. Quality improvement projects
B. Scholarly Activity
11. Professional growth
A. As a physician you will always be a leader of the community. Our program serves to foster that interest and desire in our physicians
by providing
them opportunities to serve on various committees and leadership roles.
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1. Community based program with a university based learning experience
A. Methodist Hospital is a world renown tertiary care center and is nationally ranked in 15 specialties by U.S. News & World Report.
B. Small class size
C. High Faculty to Resident ratio (4-7 faculty for 12 residents)
2. Robust didactic program
3. Direct Faculty supervision in all arenas
4. Full time residency faculty – paid to teach
5. Excellent clinical teaching sites
A. Family Medicine Clinic has EMR, Tablet PCs, and fully wireless.
B. See affiliations page
C. World renown Texas Medical Center
6. Wide variety of clinical exposure
A. Continuity clinic offers residents wide variety of patients from infants to geriatrics, ob/gyn. Many of our clinic patients are
under served and thus have complex medical conditions.
B. Being in the Texas Medical Center our residents are exposed to a multitude of conditions that they will NEVER see anywhere
else. Patients are referred to Methodist from all
around the world. Our residents train with experts in the field who have literally “written the book” in their fields.
C. Family Medicine center allows residents to have exposure to many procedures such as joint injections, circumcisions, colposcopy,
endometrial biopsy, cryosurgery, radio
frequency ablations, skin procedures, flexible sigmoidoscopy, osteopathic manipulative treatments, laceration repair,etc.
7. State of the art training facility
A. Methodist Hospital allows our residents access to the Inanimate and Animate skills labs where under supervision by faculty and the
latest technology residents can learn and fine tune various procedural skills.
8. Commitment to Evidence Based Medicine
A. Our residents learn how to find proper evidence to guide their patient care through resource refinement and efficiency.
9. Practice Management Curriculum
A. Our residents have exposure to the core essentials they need to succeed professionally. During this rotation and the longitudinal
curriculum
our residents learn how to manage a
practice, meet with financial advisors,meet with Vice Presidents of organizations, etc.
10. Research
A. Quality improvement projects
B. Scholarly Activity
11. Professional growth
A. As a physician you will always be a leader of the community. Our program serves to foster that interest and desire in our physicians
by providing
them opportunities to serve on various committees and leadership roles.
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