Internship/Residency Programs at
Christ Hospital
Residency Curriculum
Intern Year (PGY-1)
The following is a sample schedule for the three-year residency:
| Internal Medicine inpatient service |
Four months |
| ICU |
One month |
| Pediatrics inpatient service |
One month |
| Newborn nursery |
.5 month |
| Emergency room |
One month |
| OB/GYN inpatient service |
One month |
| Surgery |
One month |
| Elective |
One month |
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Interns will spend one-half day per week providing continuity of care at North Hudson Community Action Corporation Health Center.
The curriculum provides you with a broad-based knowledge of the many areas of medicine you will call upon in your career as a family physician. The program’s flexibility also gives you the opportunity to choose from a wide range of elective specialties that match your individual interests.
First Year Resident (PGY-2)
| Internal Medicine inpatient service |
Four months |
| OB/GYN ambulatory |
Two months |
| Pediatrics ambulatory |
One month |
| Orthopedics |
One month |
| Emergency room |
One month |
| Electives |
Two months |
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Residents will also spend three half-days per week providing continuity of care at the North Hudson Community Action Corporation Health Center.
Second Year Resident (PGY-3)
| Internal Medicine subspecialty selective rotations |
Two months |
| OB/GYN ambulatory |
One month |
| Pediatrics ambulatory |
One month |
| Pediatric ER |
One month |
| Emergency room |
One month |
| Electives |
Three months |
| Dermatology |
.5 month |
| Urology |
.5 month |
| Ophthalmology |
.5 month |
| Otolaryngology |
.5 month |
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Residents will also spend three half-days per week providing continuity of care at North Hudson Community Action Corporation Health Center. In addition, during the family practice rotation, residents act as resident-attending physicians with an increased scope of responsibility that includes all facets of practice management.
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