Ambulatory Family Medicine
Outpatient primary care is the spine of the curriculum. Each Core FM block includes a full week of dedicated clinic time, layered on top of your regular weekly continuity sessions throughout the year.
Core Family Medicine
The longitudinal block that anchors the program.
Rather than isolated specialty rotations, SFFMR teaches Core FM in longitudinal blocks across all three years — paired with weekly continuity clinic at the Center for Family Medicine. The result: deep, repeated exposure instead of one-and-done.
8 Core FM blocks across the program
Front-loaded in Year 1 so you build the foundation before specializing.
3
Year 1
Core FM blocks
2
Year 2
Core FM blocks
2
Year 3
Core FM blocks
Curriculum components
What's inside a Core FM block
Addiction Medicine
Residents prescribe MOUD (Medications for Opiate Use Disorder), including Buprenorphine, through team-based clinics and community-collaboration models. You leave residency ready to manage SUD in any panel.
Behavioral Health Integration
Counseling skills, motivational interviewing, CBT, and integrated mental healthcare. Residents work alongside psychiatrists, therapists, and behavioral health clinicians in both outpatient and treatment center settings.
Clinical Specialties
Structured exposure to dermatology, neurology, surgery, radiology/POCUS, and critical care — intensive one-week rotations in ICU and specialty clinics for high-density learning.
Also covered
The rest of what Core FM includes
- Community medicine
- Cross-cultural communication
- Laboratory medicine
- Nutrition
- Population health
- Practice management
- Parahealth therapies
- Sexual health
- Journal club + scholarly activity
See how Core FM fits each year
Want to see a Core FM block in motion?
Rotate with us and join continuity clinic.
A 4-week elective puts you on the same continuity clinic schedule as our residents, in the same workroom, with the same faculty preceptors. It's the best read on whether the program fits.