Curriculum
Each rotation in our Residency Program has a
written curriculum of goals and objectives. Feel free
to review our curriculum and other information on our
housestaff website at www.oliveviewim.org.
Faculty Education Coordinators are responsible for
designing and maintaining the curriculum of every
rotation, and curricula are reviewed by our
Curriculum Committee, which includes housestaff
members and faculty.
The curriculum is designed to maximize the
resident’s education in both inpatient and
ambulatory Internal Medicine. Interns are scheduled a
maximum of 7-8 inpatient months. ICU and Hospitalist
rotations require night duties; ward rotations do
not. This provides sufficient time during the intern
year for other pursuits, or for starting (and
completing) research for residents who are interested
in pursuing a competitive Fellowship.
Schedule
Prior to starting the intern year, requests for
specific rotations and vacation dates are sent to our
program manager and program directors who make every
attempt to honor these requests. Although scheduling
is complex, interns almost always get their first or
second choices. In fact, we pride ourselves on being
a humane “family” program, and we care as
much about our residents’ non-academic lives as
we do about the high standards of the curriculum and
educational program.
The ward, hospitalist and ICU rotations are busy. One
day off per week is scheduled ahead of time; the
schedule is published in advance of the start date.
Housestaff have no weekend work responsibilities
during subspecialty consults, Ambulatory Medicine and
Urgent Care rotations. The Hospitalist rotation is
shift work, with interns and residents assigned to
day, evening and night shifts. Hospitalist attendings
are teaching faculty and supervise all
housestaff.
See below for the schedule composition for each year
of the program.
|
ROTATIONS |
PGY-1 |
PGY-2, PGY-3 |
| Wards |
4 |
2-3 |
| ICU/CCU* |
2 |
1-2 |
| Heme/Onc Wards |
0.5 |
1** |
| Ambulatory Medicine |
2-3 |
2 |
| Urgent Care/MWI |
0-0.5 |
1 |
| Hospitalist |
1-2 |
1.5-2 |
| Emergency Medicine |
0 |
0.5-1 |
| Geriatrics - UCLA |
0 |
1** |
| Elective/Consult/Research |
~1 |
1-2.5 |
| Vacation |
1 |
1 |
|
| * This
experience may be at Olive View's MICU, or UCLA's
CCU |
| ** Four weeks
as a PGY-2 or PGY-3 |
| --The above
schedule is based on the standard 13 block annual
rotation calendar. Each block is 4 weeks in
length. |
|
|
Sample Schedules at Olive
View-UCLA
| 7:00-8:00 am |
Pre-round |
| 8:00-9:00 am |
Team Rounds (Residents, Interns, Medical
Students) |
| 9:00-10:00 am |
Inpatient Morning Report |
| 10:00-12:00 am |
Attending Rounds |
| 12:00-1:00 pm |
Noon Conference and Lunch |
| 1:00-5:00 pm |
Patient Care Activities |
|
|
Outpatient Amb Med Rotation |
|
| 7:45-8:00 am |
Ambulatory Medicine "Chalk talks" |
| 8:00-12:00 am |
General medicine, subspecialty, or urgent
care clinic |
| 12:00-1:00 pm |
Noon Conference |
| 1:00-4:30 pm |
Continuity, general medicine, subspecialty,
or urgent care clinic |
The Ambulatory Medicine rotation is a unique feature
of our program, designed to provide 40% general
medicine clinics and 60% subspecialty and other
experiences. These include:
- Subspecialty clinics (Cardiology, Endocrine,
Gastroenterology, Hematology-Oncology, Infectious
Diseases, Nephrology, Pulmonary, Rheumatology)
- Women’s Health and Pap clinics
- Neurology
- Podiatry
- Dermatology
- Derm biopsy
- Profession of Medicine series (weekly for
Interns)
-
- Procedures: Joint aspiration &
injection, Thoracentesis, Central lines
- Interviewing skills
- Utilization Review
- Teaching & Feedback
- Complementary & Alternative
Medicine
- Palliative Care
- EKG Interpretation
- Others…
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