The third year allows the resident to develop increasing autonomy as a family practitioner. There is the opportunity to integrate skills and knowledge with practice philosophy, as well as time to pursue areas of special interest.

Each third year resident serves as the teaching resident on the family medicine inpatient service for six weeks and assumes primary responsibility for the obstetric and newborn patients on the service.

An additional six weeks are spent at Stoney Creek Family practice, our departmental satellite. Stoney Creek is a busy rural outpatient practice in Nellysford, Virginia, located 30 miles southwest of Charlottesville.

Two to four weeks of the third year are devoted to experiences in neurology, ophthalmology, oral health, HIV clinic, surgery, and urology. The remaining months are elective that may be taken in any subspecialty in the Medical Center or may be arranged away from Charlottesville.

The third year provides the opportunity for increased responsibility, and real world practice experiences.

A typical schedule for Year 3 follows:

(Return to Family Medicine Residency Curriculum)

( First Year) ( Second Year) ( Conferences) ( Essentials of Family Medicine)

( Quality Improvement) ( Family Medicine Tracks)