Primary Care Week (+1 week)

All categorical residents rotate through a Primary Care Week in between each 4 week block, for a total of 10 weeks per year, for all three years of residency. This ACGME requirement introduces residents to a career in primary care and teaches the fundamental skills required to be successful in any Internal Medicine or subspecialty clinic.
Each resident functions as a Primary Care Provider for a panel of patients at either Parkland (PCIM - Parkland Center for Internal Medicine) or the VA (PRIME - Primary care Residency Internal Medicine Education) or UT Southwestern (POB - Professional Office Building). Each ambulatory week in the 4+1 schedule consists of five half days in the resident's continuity clinic intermixed with participation in a shared practice model, population health activities, and professional/academic development. We also build study days into the +1 week, which give residents the freedom to pursue academic endeavors, go to doctors' appointments, or accomplish and other "life" tasks that were difficult to schedule during inpatient rotations.
During Primary Care Week, Monday afternoon is always reserved for Monday Didactics. Monday Didactics consists of protected group learning experience.
- Monday Didactics are a required part of the curriculum, and absences may result in being assigned Jeopardy days.
- Please see the main calendar for the scheduled Monday Didactics activities for your year of training.
In order to maximize the ambulatory week, it is recommended that you supplement your education with selected reading topics (found on the website and assigned to each clinic), NEJM+, or with MKSAP questions.

Primary Care Week (+1 week)

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