Curriculum

Family Medicine Training

Family medicine inpatient service is run exclusively by our residents to provide continuity care for the Family Medicine Residency continuity patients. Rounds include a multidisciplinary team including a pharmacist, case manager, and Family Medicine faculty. Residents can add patients to their panel at any time and work to create a medical home for patients.  In the Family Health Center clinic, we provide refugee physicals, patient home visits, and virtual visits. The clinic has ample workspace for residents, OMM tables, procedure room, ultrasound, radiology within the building, and a large conference room for meetings. Residents spend a half day in the first year, 4 half days the second year, and 5 half days in clinic during third year.

Internal Medicine/ Critical Care

Internal Medicine/ICU care is provided by our residents in conjunction with an internal medicine or FM hospitalist. Teaching faculty and teams prioritize daily teaching rounds and lectures on the inpatient service (One or two residents are on a team with one faculty). Residents manage all code blues and inpatient emergencies while in-house. Mock codes, procedural training (central lines, I/O, POCUS) and critical care including airway management are an essential component of education. 

OB and Women's Health Training

The newly renovated Birthing Center within Broadlawns provides ample opportunity to provide obstetrical care. Our facility delivers approximately 900 babies per year in our Level II Maternity Center. Deliveries are supervised by our FM faculty, FM/OB fellowship trained faculty, and our OB/Gyn specialists.

Procedural Training:

  •  Point of Care Ultrasound 
  • IUD/implant contraception 
  • Endometrial biopsy 
  • Vulvar biopsy
  •  Colposcopy
  • Surgical Obstetrics
  • Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Certification

Pediatrics Training

Residents provide pediatric care in a variety of settings: newborn nursery, outpatient pediatrics clinic, and in the emergency department. Residents directly care for newborns with full-time Pediatric faculty and Family Medicine faculty with daily multidisciplinary rounds (SW and Nursing) to cover the Broadlawns Newborn Nursery.  Newborn and Pediatric mock codes are held regularly and training includes: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and umbilical vein catheter placement.

Residents have inpatient pediatric and pediatric emergency room rotations at Blank Children’s Hospital. On these rotations, residents work directly with Pediatric hospitalists and specialists. NICU, pediatric endocrinology, and pediatric orthopedics are several popular electives for residents.

Community Outreach

There are many local opportunities for residents to provide support to our community. From volunteering at free clinics, back to school physicals, sideline management at high school or university sporting events, medical support for running events, or refugee physicals, community outreach is an opportunity to engage our community. Broadlawns is an official partner with Drake Athletics, so there are ample opportunities to be involved with sports medicine.

International Opportunities

Several teaching faculty travel to Honduras annually to provide a medical care. Trips have included OB experience with deliveries, providing care in an area with little access to medicine, and volunteering in the community.

Affiliated Programs

The Residency Programs are affiliated with the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.  As a member of the Des Moines Area Medical Education Consortium, Broadlawns has affiliations with Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Blank Children's Hospital.  

Year One Curriculum

Internal Medicine
 4 weeks
8 weeks		 Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Broadlawns Medical Center
Pediatrics (Outpatient)
Pediatrics (Inpatient)
 4 weeks
4 weeks		 Broadlawns Medical Center
Blank Children's Hospital
Surgery 4 weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Emergency Medicine 4 weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Obstetrics/ Gynecology 8 weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Laboratory/Radiology 2 weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Cardiology 4 weeks Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Neurology 4 weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Addiction Medicine 2 weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Vacation 3 Weeks (2 week + 1 week block) Broadlawns Medical Center
Night Float 4 weeks (2 weeks for 2 blocks Broadlawns Medical Center

 

 

Family Medicine Continuity Clinic:  2 hours per day, 2 days per week.

Call Requirements: 13 weekend calls throughout the year 

Year Two Curriculum

Internal Medicine (Inpatient)
Internal Medicine (Outpatient)		 8 Weeks
2 Weeks		 Broadlawns Medical Center
Broadlawns Medical Center
Dermatology 2 Weeks Private Office
Surgery 4 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Orthopedics 4 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Pediatrics (outpatient)
Pediatrics Emergency Medicine		 4 Weeks
2 Weeks		 Broadlawns Medical Center
Blank Children's Hospital
Obstetrics/Gynecology 4 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Emergency Medicine 4 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Population Medicine 2 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Sports Medicine 2 Weeks Private Office
Electives 9 Weeks See list
Vacation 3 Weeks
Night Float 4 Weeks (2 weeks for 2 block) Broadlawns Medical Center

 

Family Medicine Continuity Clinic: Three half days per week.

Call Requirements: 10 weekend calls throughout the year 

Year Three Curriculum

Internal Medicine (Inpatient)
Internal Medicine (Outpatient)		 4 Weeks
4 Weeks		 Broadlawns Medical Center
Broadlawns Medical Center
Family Medicine 6 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Pediatrics (outpatient) 4 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Emergency Medicine 2 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Surgical Subspecialties 4 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
ENT 2 Weeks Private Office
Geriatrics 2 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Research 2 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center
Electives 17 Weeks See List
Vacation 3 Weeks
Night Float 2 Weeks Broadlawns Medical Center

 

Family Medicine Continuity Clinic: Four or five half days per week.

Call Requirements: Weekend Call

OB Requirement: 8 weeks additional Labor and Delivery instead of electives required for those who wish to continue OB care after graduation.

Health System Management: Longitudinal curriculum integrated into several rotations and a full educational day. Residents rotate in regular Family Health Center business meetings and Patient/Family Liaison Committee. 

Electives

During their programs residents may spend up to 18 weeks in elective rotations in the areas of their special interest. These rotations are primarily spent in specialist's private offices and are available through the scheduling and faculty member. Specially arranged electives in areas other than those already established can also be developed depending upon the residents’ interests’ objectives and expectations. Currently the program offers electives in:

  • Anesthesia

  • Nephrology

  • Physical Medicine

  • ICU

  • Perinatology

  • Dental

  • Hem/Oncology

  • Psychiatry

  • Endocrine (Peds/Adult)

  • Ortho (Peds/ Adult)

  • Emergency Med (Peds/ Adult)

  • Cardiology (Peds/ Adult)

  • Infectious Disease

  • Plastic Surgery

  • Pathology

  • Sports Med

  • Rheumatology

  • Radiology

  • Hospice/Palliative Care

  • Independent Study/ Research

Additional Certifications and Training

In addition to the required and elective rotations, Family Medicine Residents will participate in a series of procedural certifications and training opportunities throughout the residency program. These include: Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation and Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Advance Trauma Life Support.

Additional procedural experiences may be obtained in:

  • Advanced Trauma Life Support

  • Colposcopy

  • Endoscopy

  • Joint injections/ Aspirations

  • Obstetrical Ultrasound

  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound

  • Vasectomy