Family Medicine Residency - Curriculum

Learn about WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital's Family Medicine Residency didactics and block schedule

Resident schedule overview

At WellSpan Chambersburg Family Medicine, we are committed to cultivating a learning environment that promotes clinical excellence, intellectual curiosity, and professional growth. Residents receive four hours of protected didactic time per week, with a structured curriculum that balances core clinical education and emerging topics in family medicine.

Our weekly schedule includes:

Residents collaboratively work through clinical cases from presentation to diagnosis and management, sharpening clinical reasoning and communication skills.
Each month includes interactive lectures, evidence-based medicine discussions, and hands-on workshops. Topics are aligned with ACGME milestones and tailored to meet the developmental needs of each training year.
Invited WellSpan specialists and community leaders to share insights on a broad spectrum of topics.
Various teaching tools of which residents will collaborate with fellow residents, faculty, and other attendings to include lectures, evidence-based medicine, case conferences, hands on workshops, SIM lab, and Morbidity and mortality conferences.

Sample schedule

August

Week

1–2 PM

2–3 PM

3–4 PM

4–5 PM

Week 1

Workshops

Physical Exam Skills Foundation

Workshops

Physical Exam Skills Foundation

Nephrology

Hyponatremia

Practice Management

Epic EMR Review

Week 2

Pulmonary

PFT Interpretation

Palliative Care/Hospice

Interpretation of Advance Directives / Surrogate Decisions

MS/Sports Med

Sports PE — Preparticipation Physical

Cardiology

EKG Interpretation / Critical Rhythms

Week 3

Gastroenterology

Screenings / Testing Modalities

Research / Journal Club

Introduction to Journal Club / EBM

Dermatology

Skin Terminology / Summer Conditions

GYN/OB

Preventative and Proper Terminology for Exam

Week 4

CDI

Orientation #2 to Clinical Documentation Improvement

PEDS-OP

Newborn Care

Infectious Disease

Lyme Disease

Wellness

Tuesday Time

September

Week	1–2 PM	2–3 PM	3–4 PM	4–5 PM
Week 1	Psychiatry/BH Motivational Interviewing / Role Play	Psychiatry/BH Motivational Interviewing / Role Play	Wellness Tuesday Time	Rheumatology Rheum Defined — Inflammatory vs Mechanical
Week 2	MS/Sports Med Approach to Joint Exam	Endo/Metabolic Thyroid Conditions	Practice Management Reducing Diagnostic Errors	Cardiology Afib (Anticoagulation Dos and Don'ts)
Week 3	Gastroenterology GI Bleed	*	GYN/OB Contraception Counseling / Management	GYN/OB Management of Acute Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Week 4	CDI Clinical Topic: Respiratory Failure / PNA	Neurology Headache Approach	Anesthesia Preoperative High Risk Referral Program / Other Topics	ENT/Allergy Common ENT Complaints
Week 5	Resident Wellness Time	*	*	*

October

Week

1–2 PM

2–3 PM

3–4 PM

4–5 PM

Week 1

IR Basics

Board Review

Board Review Course Questions

Urology

UTI / Cystitis / Kidney Stones

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmologic Emergencies

Week 2

Pulmonary

Lung Cancer & CT Screenings / Pulmonary Imaging

Endo/Metabolic

Obesity Management

MS/Sports Med

Knee Injuries

Cardiology

Syncope — Cardiac Causes

Week 3

CDI

Note Writing / Query Anatomy

Psychiatry/BH

Depressive Disorders / Bipolar

Dermatology

Viral Infections & Exanthems (Zoster, Warts, Herpes)

GYN/OB

Menstrual Cycle / Terms / Workup

Week 4

Inservice Exam

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