Curriculum

Inpatient Rotations

  • Wards
    • Grady
    • VA
    • Dekalb Medical
  • Ambulatory 
    • Residents Continuity Clinic is at Grady Hospital
  • Ambulatory Electives available at Grady include:
    • Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Neurology, Palliative Care, Nutrition, Sleep Medicine, Dermatology, ENT,  Opthalmology, Rehab Medicine, Wound Care Clinic
  • Ambulatory Electives available at the VA include:
    • Dermatology, Radiology, Neurology, Tele Medicine, Psychiatry, Substance Abuse Clinic, Neurology
  • ICU roations are available at Grady for PGY1, PGY2 and PGY3 Residents.  It is also availble at the VA for PGY2 and PGY3 Residents.

 Electives

Grady - Cardiology, Pulmonary, Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Endocrine, Neurology, Emergency Department, Dermatology, Hematology/Oncology, Sleep Medicine, Rheumatology, Night Float, Radiology

VA - Pulmonary, Dermatology, Telemedicine, Hematology/Oncology, Emergency Medicine, Radiology

X + Y Schedule

The X + Y schedule was adopted on July 1, 2020.  We are using the 4 + 1 model.  In this system the residents rotate 4 weeks on the In-Patient Wards, ICU, Consult Services, Emergency Department, Board Review and other electives alternating with 1 week of Ambulatory rotation.

The advantages of this rotation system are:

Total separation of in and out patient rotations so residents can focus on a particular rotation.

It enhances the delivery of cirriculum by placing residents into groups and those groups can follow a cirriculum designed exclusively for that rotation.

It enhances wellness by ensuring that residents concentrate on either in-patient or out-patient rotation.  This enables task to be completed early.