#doctorinprogress

TTUHSC School of Medicine has a Family Medicine Accelerated Tract program where students interested in family medicine can complete medical school in just 3 years versus the traditional 4 year program!  Since it is only 3 years, you save tuition for what would have been year 4 and the program offers full tuition for the second year. Additionally, the program guarantees students a residency slot in the local Family Medicine residency!

Curriculum Break Down:

First Year: Complete pre-clinical courses as any other student! Classes include: Anatomy, Biochem, Major Organ Systems, and General Principles of Infectious Diseases.

Summer 1: Students complete an 8-week course over the summer where they learn the most common clinical presentations in Family Medicine. This summer course is organ system based with corresponding hands-on workshops in the afternoon. This course is aimed at preparing students for clinic during second year. 

Second Year: Students participate in remaining pre-clinical courses such as Multi-System Disorders, Behavioral Science, Neuro, & System Disorders. Additionally, students begin a longitudinal Family Medicine Rotation where they go to clinic once a week for the whole year and participate in Hospital Service twice a year. This not only counts as the Family Med rotation typically done in third year but also serves as a transition point between 2nd and 3rd year. Students will take Step 1 at the end of this year. 

Third Year: Students complete the 5 remaining clinical clerkships  that are each 8 weeks. (Surgery, OB/Gyn, Psych, Peds, & Internal med). The last 8 weeks of the year will be spent in MICU (4 weeks) and Hospital Service (4 weeks). During the mid year, students are required to take Step 2 Clinical Skills a few months earlier than a typical third year students. 

ꫝꪖρρꪗ ꫝꪮꪶⅈᦔꪖꪗડ!! 🎄🎅🎁⁣

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I AM DONE WITH FIRST SEMESTER OF THIRD YEAR! Which means graduation is 6 months away👩‍⚕️⁣

I completed my Internal Medicine, OBGYN, and Psych rotations this first half and it was a whole new struggle. Many tears were shed as this year has been the most emotional for me. ⁣

Third year consists of having unstable schedules and showing up to work with different physicians almost everyday (talk about anxiety). My school has 6 clerkship rotations and they're all equally 8 weeks (IM,OBGYN, Psych, Sur, Peds, FM). ⁣

𝕀𝕄: Such a blur to me 😂! It was my first rotation, I had no idea what I was doing, and there was just SO MUCH INFORMATION! I was able to work with attendings in GI, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, and MICU! My favorite week was my outpatient week probably because it is most similar to Family Medicine! The coolest thing I had to do was getting arterial access in cath lab! ⁣

𝕆𝔹𝔾𝕐ℕ: I DELIVERED A BABY! This experience was so warming and made the med school struggles worth it. I actually was lucky to be able to deliver over 20 babies 😭👶. While on the rotation I got to participate in C-Sections, hysterectomies, tubal ligation and more! I got to see future mommies grow🤰and be excited about their babies. I honestly cannot wait until my OBGYN rotation in residency. This rotation we had 1 week of night shifts and one 24 hour shift...it was ROUGH.⁣

ℙ𝕊𝕐ℂℍ: Also known as Psychation because the hours were so light! I got a ton of free time which was nice compared to the previous rotations. Inpatient setting was the most interesting as I got to witness people with mania, hallucinations, drug induced psychosis, etc. Unfortunately I did not enjoy psych very much; I think it was just too emotionally draining for me both in the inpatient and outpatient setting. However, I do believe I improved my patient interviewing skills and I am no longer afraid to discuss touchy subjects with patients. ⁣