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Leslie E. Tingle, M.D., program director, shares the residency program’s goals and objectives. Read More


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For more information about the program, please contact:

Dana Warren
Residency Coordinator
Baylor Family Medicine Residency at Garland
601 Clara Barton Blvd., Suite 340
Garland, TX 75042
Tel: (972) 272-5935

Click here for a map and directions to the facility.


Baylor Family Medicine Residency at Garland
 
Curriculum
 
Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1)
The majority of the PGY1 curriculum is comprised of inpatient hospital rotations with an introduction to ambulatory medicine. First year residents spend one half day per week in continuity clinic during all rotations. While on obstetrics, inpatient pediatrics and neonatology, residents are on call twice per week. On all other rotations, call averages one per four/five nights. When first year residents are on rotation at Baylor Garland Medical Center, they take call with the inpatient medicine team.

Inpatient medicine 12 weeks
Family and Community Medicine 4 weeks
Obstetrics at Baylor University Medical Center 8 weeks
Inpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks
Pediatric Emergency Medicine 4 weeks
General Surgery 4 weeks
Orthopedics 4 weeks
Behavioral Medicine 4 weeks
Neonatology 4 weeks
Emergency Medicine 4 weeks
   
Post-Graduate Year 2 (PGY2)
The PGY2 curriculum is designed to enhance inpatient learning while devoting more time to outpatient skills. Residents are in continuity clinic 2 to 3 half days per week. Second year residents spend two 2-week blocks on night float, which is an extension of the inpatient medicine service. In addition to night float, second year residents take approximately one call per month.

Rotations in which residents may spend 2 weeks on night float (for a total of 4 weeks) are noted with an asterisk (*).

Inpatient medicine 8 weeks
Rural Medicine 4 weeks
ICU 4 weeks
Cardiology 4 weeks
Neurology* 4 weeks
Gastroenterology 4 weeks
Gynecology* 4 weeks
Geriatrics* 4 weeks
Pediatrics* 4 weeks
General Surgery 4 weeks
Community Outpatient Pediatrics Clinic* 4 weeks
   
Post-Graduate Year 3 (PGY 3)
The primary focus of the PGY3 curriculum is outpatient medicine. Residents are in continuity clinic 3 to 4 half days per week. In addition to night float, third year residents take four in-hospital calls during the year. Third year residents are responsible for a rotating clinic call, in which they respond to calls to the continuity clinic's overnight answering service.

Rotations in which residents may spend 2 weeks on night float (for a total of 4 weeks) are noted with an asterisk (*).

Inpatient medicine 8 weeks
Urology 4 weeks
Gynecology* 4 weeks
Dermatology 4 weeks
Radiology 2 weeks
Orthopedics 2 weeks
Family Medicine Private Practice 4 weeks
Family Medicine Residency Clinic 4 weeks
Pediatric Cardiology 2 weeks
Private Pediatrics* 2 weeks
Ophthalmology 2 weeks
Otorhinolaryngology 2 weeks
   
Night Float
The resident on night float works Friday through Tuesday. They are scheduled in the continuity clinic Thursday morning and attend Thursday afternoon conferences.

On-Call Duties/Responsibilities
•  Admit clinic patients through the emergency department
•  Admit patients without primary care physicians at Baylor Garland through the emergency department
•  Manage patients in labor and delivery
•  First-assist on c-sections with private practice obstetricians
•  Admit newborns without assigned pediatricians
•  Respond to codes throughout the hospital
•  Perform needed procedures for patients on inpatient service