PGY-1 Year
Medicine - 4 months
- 2 months Family Medicine Service (Baptist Medical Center)
- 1 month Med/Psych (UMC)
- ICU
Outpatient/Community Medicine - 1 month
Obstetrics/Gyn - 1 month
- OB Suite UMC
Pediatrics - 3 months
- 1 month Wards UMC
- 1 month ER UMC
- 1 month Nursery UMC
Emergency Medicine - 1 month
- Adult ER UMC
Sports Medicine
- 1 month Sports Medicine
Rural Medicine - 1 month
PGY-2 Year
Family Medicine - Baptist - 2 months
Ambulatory Psychiatry
2 weeks Radiology
2 weeks Opthalmology
Obstetrics (Community)
Orthopaedics
General Surgery
Ped Outpatient UMC
Women's Health
ENT
Elective - 2 months
PGY-3 Year
Ambulatory Care (Includes practice management curriculum and school and college health at Millsaps Clinic and MS. School for the Blind and Deaf)
General Surgery
Cardiology
Pulmonary
Neurology/Urology
Family Medicine - Baptist - 2 months
Dermatology
Nephrology
Elective
Elective
Emergency Medicine
Electives Include:
Rural Medicine
Sports Medicine
International Medicine
Nephrology
Rheumatology
Endocrinology
Research
GI Medicine
Lactation Medicine
Additional experience in most any area of resident interest.
*One elective in the PGY-3 year may be used as an out-of-town experience.
Note: All PGY-2 and 3 experiences are community/private practice unless specified.
Nursing Homes
Second and third year residents provide continuity of care to patients at a nursing home in the Jackson area. Residents make monthly teaching and patient care rounds with program faculty. Monthly educational presentations are done on topics pertinent to care of the older adult.
Conferences
Core curriculum conferences are presented every Friday afternoon. These include a variety of lecture, discussion, and workshop formats. Residents are involved in presenting journal club, case presentations and senior conferences.
Procedure Training
Procedure workshops are held throughout the residency. These include workshops on flexible sigmoidoscopy, colposcopy, fine needle aspiration of masses, joint injections and splinting and casting. Experience in colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, exercise treadmill testing, and operative obstetrics is offered electively.
Special Program Components
The Mississippi Schools for the Blind and Deaf, and Millsaps College, Student Health Centers. Our program serves as primary physicians for students at both the MS School for the Blind and Deaf and Millsaps College, both located close to the University Campus. Residents attend to students' needs at on-site medical clinics on a rotational basis. Students from any school requiring more extensive care are seen in our residency clinics.
Additional Educational and Patient Care Support
Clinical psychologist faculty supervising two clinical psychology fellows
Two Doctor of Pharmacy Primary Care residents
Social Worker
Ph.D. Research Faculty
Ph.D. Educator
Ph.D Grant Writer
Resident Support Groups
There are facilitated support groups that meet monthly for all residents.
Workload
Our program is committed to providing a reasonable workload for all residents-one that allows time with family and for outside hobbies. All schedules abide by the ACGME duty hours.Community Involvement
Capital Day
Baptist/Community/College Health Fairs
Jackson Free Clinic-Residents are encouraged to volunteer time at the Jackson Free Clinic, opened January 2002.The clinic was established and is operated by the student Family Practice Club and Supported by the Department of Family Practice Club and supported by the Department of Family Medicine with direct supervision of patient care by the Family Medicine Faculty.