Longitudinal Curricula and Conferences

Maternal-Child Health

Provides the knowledge and skill to care for families from preconception counseling through pregnancy and childbirth to well child-care and rearing:

• didactic sessions from family physicians with a commitment to maternal child health
• resident performed audits of Family Medicine OB patient charts
• dedicated weekly prenatal clinics during OB rotations
• Community Health Center
• South Burlington Family Practice
• dedicated outpatient pediatric experiences with UVM Pediatrics faculty
• resident ownership of prenatal and well-child care throughout continuity clinic schedules

Vermont Community Health

This rotation is designed to allow exposure to diverse clinic facilities and health care systems that serve rural and underserved populations.

Rural experience in the second year allows residents to select a rural area at several locations in Vermont. In their second month, residents experience multiple community sites:

• Safe Harbor Homeless Health Clinic
• Pearl Street Youth Clinic
• Crisis Clinic at the Howard Center for Mental Health
• Middlebury Open Door Farm Worker Clinic
• Diabetes Education
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Residents participate in Farm Worker visits with the mobile Farm Health Connection
• CHATS (Clinical & Community Health Advice That Succeeds) modules are completed and posted at www.vermontcommunityhealthfarm.org

Behavioral Science

The Behavioral Science/Primary Care Psychiatry portion of the Family Medicine Residency Program is coordinated by A. Evan Eyler, M.D., M.P.H., a board-certified family physician and psychiatrist. It provides both didactic and hands-on experience with psychiatric aspects of family medicine.

Regular small group educational sessions focus on:

• evaluation and treatment of psychiatric symptoms and illness
• evaluation of suicide risk
• substance abuse
• psychiatric emergencies in inpatient medicine
• rational pharmacotherapy
• residents participate in full psychiatric evaluations both inpatient and outpatient
• experiences at Crisis Clinic at Howard Center for Mental Health
• participation in Balint Groups for reflection on the emotional aspects of the practice of family medicine

Additional resources are available at Milton Family Practice:

• pediatric mental health case manager
• master’s level therapists

Sports Medicine Curriculum

The sports medicine curriculum at the University of Vermont Family Medicine Residency is directed by Dr. David Lisle, a family physician who is fellowship trained in sports medicine. It involves, didactic, procedure, and clinical experience in a wide variety of orthopedic and sports medicine topics:

• monthly lecture series on a wide variety of musculoskeletal and athletic injuries
• hands-on patient care in the Sports Medicine Clinic
• procedure workshops in injections, and splinting and casting
• game coverage at the high school, college, and professional levels

Community Medicine

Longitudinal curriculum throughout three years with dedicated time during outpatient rotations for experiences and assignments that educate residents about the community and teach them to understand and advocate for the needs of the underserved.

Learn how to work with partners serving our continuity clinic population to promote education and healthy living:

• Milton Elementary School
• Milton Community Garden
• Milton Independent Newspaper
• Milton Community Center
• Rocking Chair Project
• work with resources in the larger Chittenden County Community
• Safe Harbor Homeless Health Clinic
• Pearl Street Youth Clinic
• Crisis Clinic at the Howard Center for Mental Health
• participate in Farm Worker visits with the mobile Farm Health Connection

Management of Health Systems

The curriculum provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make goal-congruent practice choices, succeed financially in any setting, and be the successful leader in the health care system of the future.

These objectives are met through direct participation in management at the Milton Family Practice NCQA-certified Patient-Centered Medical Home and monthly didactics that include:

• finances and accounting
• coding to maximize revenue
• human resources management
• marketing
• contracting and negotiating skills
• legal aspects of practice
• billing and coding educators available during patient care
• practice improvement projects with full participation in the Patient-Centered Medical Home

Evidence-Based Medicine

Our EBM curriculum focuses on answering clinical questions at the point of care with the best evidence and mastery of information. It is aided by UVM Department of Family Medicine's resource page in the Dana Medical Library.

International Health Curriculum

The International Health Curriculum includes a longitudinal series of educational sessions and Grand Rounds utilizing multidisciplinary faculty and community resources with expertise in such areas as malnutrition, immunizations and infectious diseases, family planning and population programs, maternal-child health, and residency group and medical community.

The Rural and Vermont Community health rotations are supported by a grant from HRSA, and involve collaboration with Vermont AHEC, regional rural hospital systems, and the Vermont Blueprint for Health Chronic Care Initiative.