CURRICULUM
Third year
The third year readies you to launch as a family physician out into the "real" Air Force. The focus of this year shifts even more to your outpatient continuity clinic, completing your scholarly activity, and honing your procedural skills. The year includes 12 more weeks of elective time and the opportunity for humanitarian missions to underdeveloped countries with SOUTHCOM. More subspecialty block time is spent on Air Force Emergency Dept, FM inpatient/GI, Dermatology (2nd time)/Night Float, Sports Medicine/Orthopedics, Pediatric clinic, Procedures, Community Medicine at VMSN, Trauma Surgery, Radiology and Practice Management. Again, you are allowed one paid CME trip during the year. Two residents serve as chiefs for the year.
To facilitate longitudinal skill maintenance in OB during the 3rd year, 10 blocks will require 2 shifts per month on labor and delivery, in addition to coverage of your continuity private OB patients. These shifts will be scheduled on the weekends and occur at Sunrise hospital or in-house.
We expect graduating residents to be skilled in a wide variety of procedures, for example:
| Neonatal Circumcision |
Graded Exercise Treadmill Testing |
| Vasectomy |
Colposcopy |
| Minor Dermatological Surgery |
Vaginal deliveries |
| Joint injection and aspiration |
Outpatient Gynecologic procedures |
 We offer independent performance credentialing in some procedures such as colonoscopy, LEEP, and c-sections which are available (but not mandatory) for all residents.
Finally, one of our guiding principles is to encourage residents to pursue learning in their areas of passion. Practically, this means we will support residents who wish to obtain unique expertise in "Areas of Concentration" such as Wilderness Medicine, International Travel Medicine, Flight Medicine, or other areas. For those desiring their Flight Medicine wings prior to graduation, please read more info on the aerospace medicine primary (AMP) course.
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