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- Altoona Family Physicians Inpatient Medicine Service - 3 months
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- One to two senior residents and three Interns
- Typically coordinate care for three to six patients on service with progressive responsibility
- Daily teaching and interdisciplinary rounds
- Run codes and rapid responses
- Perform admissions
- Community Family Medicine - 1 month
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- Work closely with lab technician to obtain CLIA certification
- Accompany home nursing on home visits
- Explore community resources
- See six to eight patients per half-day in outpatient clinic
- Emergency Medicine - 1 month
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- Work with the attendings in the ED for triage and disposition of patients
- Level II Trauma Center, stroke center, and cardiac center
- Work a variety of shifts
- Gynecology - 2 weeks
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- Work with our community gynecologists
- Staff the Women’s Health and Wellness Center
- Outpatient and surgical experience
- Night Float - 6 weeks
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- Cover inpatient medicine service, OB, pediatrics overnight
- Run codes and rapid responses
- Progressive responsibility throughout the year
- One to two senior residents always on call with you
- Obstetrics - 2 months
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- Divided into alternating shifts of inpatient Labor and Delivery and outpatient responsibilities at the Pregnancy Care Center and Pregnancy Recovery Center
- First assist on cesarean deliveries
- AFP delivers 600 to 700 babies per year
- Pediatrics - 2 months
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- One senior resident and one to two interns
- Typically coordinate care for 10 to 14 pediatric patients on service
- Admit all pediatric patients
- See pediatric patients in outpatient clinics and attend pediatric cardiology clinic
- Daily Teaching from local pediatricians
- Perform newborn exams
- Perform circumcisions
- Surgery - 1 month
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- Work one on one with local surgeons
- First assist on surgeries
- Work with anesthesia and trauma to practice intubation and other procedures