Georgia South hosts weekly didactic sessions for residents, medical students, staff physicians and other learners. Sessions are held each Wednesday beginning at 1:30 pm. Didactic sessions include “core” lectures, which cover topics pertinent to the foundation of Family Medicine. Core lectures are repeated annually to allow residents to review core topics and concepts multiple times throughout their three years of residency training. In addition to core lectures, didactic sessions include journal club, case reviews, resident-led lectures, board review, and frequent review of certifications (i.e. brief review of NRP, PALS, ACLS, ALSO, etc).
Block 1 and 2 (8 weeks) begins Georgia South’s “core” lectures, which are repeated annually to cover the foundation of Family Medicine. This means that residents will get “core” lectures 3 times during their training. All other lectures will be repeated twice during a resident’s training.
Beginning block 3, a “15-month” curriculum is implemented that excludes the 2 months of annual core.
“Core” topics:
- Welcome and Program Intro
- Intro to Clinic & Controlled Substances
- POC testing
- Community Resources
- Intro Scholarly Activity
- Intro to FMRS
- OMT
- Intro to Wellness & Resiliency
- Hospital Acquired Infections
- Family Medicine Residency Service Top 10
- EKG
- COPD
- Exacerbation
- DKA/HHS
- Critical Care
- Diabetes Part 1 (drugs)
- Well Child & Vaccines
- HTN
- Routine Prenatal Care
- Radiology: What to Order & when
- Acid/Base
- Vent Management
- Sepsis
- CHF
- CVA
- Diabetes Part 2 (everything else)
- PAPs and results
- Hyper/hypothyroidism
- NST
- ULTRASOUND – Sonosite
- Labor & Delivery
- Chronic Pain
- ADHD
- Asthma
- Depression & Anxiety
- Antibiotics
- Chest Pain & ACS
- Newborn Nursery
- Peds Inpatient Top 5
- PE/DVT
- Geri Assessment & Dementia
- Jeopardy Review
