Family Medicine Residency Program

Goals

The goals of the osteopathic family medicine residency training program are to:

1. Provide the resident with properly organized, progressive, primary responsibility of care for patients in a family environment through continuity of didactic and clinical experience.
2. Provide adequate training to enable the resident to demonstrate the application of osteopathic principles and practice in the treatment of patients.

Programs

1. Ambulatory Programs

Recognizing that family physicians do the majority of their patient care in an ambulatory setting, the major portion of training is spent providing comprehensive primary care for patients in that setting.  The Department meets this standard by placing family medicine residents with full time clinical faculty and with volunteer faculty.  In addition to the primary care ambulatory components, residents also receive ambulatory training in many specialty and subspecialty fields of medicine and surgery and nursing home.

2. Inpatient Programs

Inpatient training is also incorporated into the residency program. This allows the resident to expand his/her knowledge in the areas of adult and pediatric diseases. This curricular element is both didactic and clinical in nature with emphasis in disciplines such as cardiology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, nephrology and pulmonology.

Inpatient programs are performed through Kennedy Health System, and Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center.

3. Core Lecture Series

Core lecture series are held every Friday afternoon from 1 - 4 pm. Lecutes are based on textbook medical topics supplemented with current evidence based medicien. Lectures are given by the dept FM faculty as well as faculty of the dept Osteo and medical specialties

4. Community Service Program

The UMDNJ-SOM Department of Family Medicine is committed to providing community service programs.   Our schedule is designed to permit third year residents to pursue community service they are particularly interested in.   All residents participate in the ACOFP student organizations and, as a department, third year licensed residents provide community service in supervising the student-run Camden Free Clinic.   In addition, they provide various high school pre-participation physicals for sporting events and are instructed for Area Health Education Center 's (AHEC) Youth Advocacy Health Program.

5. Research Program

The UMDNJ-SOM Family Medicine residents are required to conduct a research project as part of their residency education. They receive help and training in how to conduct research. Topics of current Family Medicine residents are:

• Melina Bendezu, DO - Differences in Food Choices Among DM Patients of Different Economic and Social Background
  Faculty Preceptor – Christopher Zipp, DO and Lucia Beck Weiss, MS
  
• Warren Bodine, DO – MS in Rural Environment Abn high EBV titers
  Faculty Preceptor – John Bertagnolli, DO
  
• Rose McGeever, DO – Ethical and Cultural Value Differences in Colorectal Screening
  Faculty Preceptors - F. Filipetto, DO and K. Lambert, DO
  
• Charlene Talley, DO - Parents’ Perspective regarding Gardusil vaccination
  Faculty Preceptor - Joshua Coren, DO and Lucia Weiss, MS
  
• Sara Pagliaro, DO - Clinical Care of the Transgendered Patient
  Faculty Preceptors – Christopher Zipp, DO and Lucia Weiss, MS

Past Graduates Research:

• Kafilat Adewunmi, DO - Alopecia in African American Women.
  Faculty Preceptor: Lucie Weiss, M.S.
  
• Cari Bollweg, DO - Women's Health Issues
  Faculty Preceptor: Lucia Weiss, M.S.
  
• Jennifer Caudle, DO - Multiple Sclerosis in a Small Rural Community
  Faculty Preceptor: John Bertagnolli, DO
  
• Jason Chew, DO - Multiple Sclerosis in a Small Rural Community
  Faculty Preceptor: John Bertagnolli, DO
  
• Shantay Dinks, DO - Women's Health Issues
  Faculty Preceptor: Lucia Weiss, M.S.
  
• Sarah Ehdaie, DO - Arthritis Treatment to Improve Pain and Function
  Faculty Preceptor: Kathryn Lambert, DO
  
• Monina Geda, DO - Teaching Family Medicine Residents How to Detect Post Partum Depression Using the Standardized Patient Lab: How can the most knowledge be retained through the SP Model?
  Faculty Preceptor: Joshua Coren, DO
  
• James Hutchings, DO - Sports Medicine
  Faculty Preceptor: Kathryn Lambert, DO
  
• Hima Parchuri, DO - Teaching Family Medicine Residents How to Detect Post Partum Depression Using the Standardized Patient Lab: How can the most knowledge be retained through the SP Model?
  Faculty Preceptor: Joshua Coren, DO

6. Model Program

The Residency curriculum assumes a three-year integrated program, which involves an AOA approved internship. Educational objectives and core curriculum are achieved in all aspects of the model program with special emphasis on continuity of care, osteopathic manipulative medicine, behavioral medicine, health care delivery and economics. The curriculum include a stronger emphasis on inpatient/outpatient OMM, Evidence Based Medicine, and Billing & Coding.

The needs of the community are met by assuring that high quality trained residents are available in the southern New Jersey area. In keeping with UMDNJ-SOM's mission, the Department is committed to minority recruitment into the residency program. In the 2007-2008 academic year, 30% of all residents are underrepresented minorities.