R1: Family Medicine Service
(4 Rotations)
Family Medicine Service
- Family medicine service caring for the inpatient needs of the patients from our five Seattle residency clinics and our greater community
- Incredible cultural/language/disease process diversity of our patients who come from:
- Swedish Family Medicine – Cherry Hill Campus
- Seattle Indian Health Board
- Sea Mar
- Sea Mar Nursing Home
- Carolyn Downs
- Country Doctor
- International District Clinic
- Holly Park
- Superb, culturally-sensitive, evidence-based inpatient care
- Caring for medicine, obstetric and pediatric patients concurrently just as a community physician would
- Excellent teaching/training
- Formal curriculum (daily scheduled teaching) in medicine, pediatrics, radiology, pharmacology
- Experiential curriculum in full spectrum inpatient family medicine
- Procedural opportunities: lumbar puncture, central lines, arterial lines, peritoneal tap, pleural tap, chest tube, running codes, obstetrics
- Team structure: 4 R1s; 2 R2s; 1 R3 chief
- Residents from all training sites work together
- FUN, rigorous, teamwork atmosphere
Intern Responsibilities
- Medicine and pediatric admissions and management
- Always supervised by senior resident
- Cross cover on team
Intern Call
- Modified Q4 call schedule with 12-16 hour shifts
Intern Clinic Schedule
- 1 afternoon clinic per week