Didactics and Procedures

Daily Noon Conference:

  • 18 month rotation of curriculum & topics
  • Lectures by specialists, family practitioners, residents and other community resources

Procedure Training

Broad scope of procedural training available on site:

  • Casting/Splinting
  • Circumcision
  • Colposcopy
  • Digital Block & Toenail Surgery
  • Endometrial Biopsy
  • Exercise Testing/Treadmill
  • Eye Foreign Body Removal
  • Hemorrhoid Banding & Excision/Anoscopy
  • Intro to Colonoscopy
  • IUD Placement
  • IUPC/FSE/AROM/Cervical Check/Leopoids
  • Joint Injection/Aspiration
  • Knot Tying/Cyst Removal/I & D
  • Lumbar Puncture
  • Microscopy
  • Nasolaryngoscopy
  • OB Laceration Repair
  • OB Ultrasound
  • Operative OB Delivery/Shoulder Dystocia
  • Skin Biopsy/Cryo/Laceration Repair/Local Anesthesia
  • Spirometry
  • Vasectomy

-Staffed by Family Medicine faculty

-Hands-on learning

-All residents, regardless of year in training have the privilege of performing procedures on their clinic patients.

-July of PGY-2 year each resident takes a procedure rotation in which they will broaden their understanding of procedures and practice their  procedural skills. We incorporate a large number of training models and hands-on teaching during the workshops.

The following training models are available year round for residents' procedural skill development:

  • Casting/Splinting Materials
  • Circumcision Models 
  • Colposcopy models 
  • Dermatology procedure models 
  • EGD/Colonoscopy simulator 
  • Episiotomy repair models 
  • Forcep & vacuum delivery models 
  • Fourth degree repair models 
  • IUD & Endometrial Biopsy Models 
  • Knee, Elbow, Shoulder, Wrist injection models 
  • Lumbar Puncture Model 
  • OB Delivery Models & Birthing Simulator 
  • Pelvic exam model 
  • Toenail removal models 
  • Vasectomy models


All residents have access to the AAFP Board review series on DVD.