Residency
Program > Clinical Experience > Ambulatory
Care Experience
Ambulatory Care Experience
Service patients are seen by resident physicians and medical
students in the Ambulatory Care Facility in the 834 Chestnut
Street Building. Approximately 20,000 patients per year are
seen in this setting. A full-time faculty member is physically
present during each session to educate and supervise residents
and students in various aspects of outpatient care.
Current sessions according to division are summarized below:
Resident assignments are based on the concept of continuity
of care. Beginning in the PGY 2 year, each resident has one
half-day per week in the clinic. There are no "general" or "open" clinic
sessions; all sessions are continuity clinics, and any patient
seen by a particular resident is followed up by that resident
in his or her continuity clinic for the duration of that
individual's residency. This system encourages housestaff
to be more involved with their ambulatory practice, improves
care and increases patient compliance, and helps residents
to derive maximal educational benefit from ambulatory encounters.
The continuity clinics are supplemented by clinics in MFM,
Colposcopy, Methadone OB Clinic, and Preoperative clinic. Residents
also see patients in the full time faculty specialty office
hours to round out the clinical experience.
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