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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
