Primary Care Track
The Primary Care Track is designed for those wanting to incorporate ambulatory general medicine into their future career. All residents in this track can attend a monthly lecture series on primary care topics and attend clinic administration meetings.
Track Timeline
PGY-1
- Identify residents interested in outpatient primary care
- Establish mentors
- Applications accepted starting October of each academic year
- For chosen residents schedule Continuity Clinic with Primary Care Track Mentors
- Establish Quality Improvement project with outpatient focus
PGY-2
- Two half day sessions per week in Medical Group Practice (MGP) clinic with mentor (versus time with mentor at their faculty practice)
- Five inpatient blocks
- VA rotation
- Selective Rotations in four on-month blocks (can be broken down into half month with permission)
- Concentrates on outpatient experience
- Elective Rotations in two two-month blocks
- Any rotation from selective list
- Any rotation from Internal Medicine Residency elective list
- QI Project
PGY-3
- Two half day sessions per week in MGP clinic with mentor
- Five inpatient blocks
- Selective Rotations in four on-month blocks (can be broken down into half month with permission)
- Elective rotations in three one-month blocks
- QI Project
Selective Rotations
- Rheumatology
- Cardiology Clinic
- Nephrology
- Sports Medicine
- GI Clinic
- Dermatology
- ID clinic rotation
- Pain Management Cancer Center
- Women’s Health
- Community/Rural Practice
- Pulmonary
- Sleep, COPD, asthma, lung cancer
- Hematology/Oncology Clinic
- Endocrinology
- Student Health
- Bone Mineral
If you are interested or have further questions, please contact our directors, Dr. Kelley Gannon and Dr. Tara Rickard:
Tara Rickard,
MD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, Medicine
- Phone
- 304-293-1964
Kelley Gannon,
MD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, Medicine
- Phone
- 304-293-1964