In June, all interns will have two weeks of orientation and onboarding
for the Providence and Summit organizations. It is at this time that they
will acquire their certifications in BLS, ACLS, PALS and NRP, get training
in Epic and meet all the requirements to work in the hospital as well
as three days of orientation to the inpatient services (Medicine, OB,
and Pediatrics).
In July and September of intern year, all interns also have two separate two-week orientation blocks (total 4 weeks), known as "FM Bootcamp". During this time, interns come back together after getting their feet wet on rotations, for dedicated trainings that cover POCUS, prescribing controlled substances, tips on how to succeed in residency, fetal heart tracing, OB workflows and prenatal care, Medicare Wellness Visits, Well Child Checks, how to manage in-basket work, safety and reporting, MoCA training, ALSO, perineal lacerations, Nexplanon and IUD insertion/removal, and coding basics. These trainings are done with the interns from Summit Pacific Family Medicine and St. Peter Family Medicine programs.
At the end of the 2nd year, residents join together again from all three programs for a 4 week rotation to prepare for the last year of residency. This block is called Health Systems Management or "HSM" and includes topics on community medicine, practice management, and time to work on scholarly and quality improvement activities.
