Career Development - Family & Community Medicine

What Does Training Look Like?
Residency in Family Medicine is three or four years. There are multiple fellowships available after residency, including but not limited to: Addiction medicine,  Geriatric medicine, Integrative medicine, Sports medicine, OB, Global health, Hospitalist, Pallative care, and Rural medicine. Residents may train in opposed or unopposed programs in academic, academic-affiliated and/or community based programs.
 
Subspecialties
Sub-specialties include addiction medicine,  geriatric medicine, integrative medicine, sports medicine, OB, global health, hospitalist, pallative care, and rural medicine.
 
What Does a Typical Workday Look Like?
This varies depending on the scope of care of the provider. Full spectrum family physicians may start their day by rounding in the hospital, seeing their patients at 7 am, then going to clinic after rounds until around 5 pm. They may take OB and hospital calls overnight and on weekends. Other family physicians focus only on outpatient clinic and may work from 8-5.
 
Important Qualities and Traits
Qualities recognized as important to family medicine include:
  • Interest in continuity of care
  • Forming relationships with patients & families over time
  • Ability to work with the intellectual challenges which arise within broad differential diagnoses
  • Interest in working with chronic care management and preventative medicine
  • Desire for a dynamic workday in an outpatient setting
 
Shadowing Opportunities
Students can contact Adam Peltz for shadowing opportunities.
 
Research Opportunities
Contact Dr. Tebbe for information about current opportunities to get involved with research.

Additionally, students may want to pursue research opportunities through the DeBakey Scholars Program. This program offers medical students the opportunity to pursue and complete a longitudinal, structured, closely supervised research experience culminating in a capstone presentation prior to graduation. For more information, contact Dr. Derek Pociask. 

 
Specialty Interest Group

The Family & Community Medicine (FCMIG) Interest group is open to all Tulane Medical students considering a primary care path.

 

 
Who are the Specialty Academic/Career Advisors for this Specialty?

Dr. James Tebbe

Students may also seek out other faculty, if they choose. Additionally, you may contact Adam Peltz, Senior Program Coordinator, for more information.

 
Recommended T3 & T4 Coursework

Clerkship in Family Medicine can be taken at any time, but the middle to end of the third year is optimal.

 
Specialty Statistics

 

Summary Statistics (from "Charting Outcomes in the Match 2022")

 

 

 

 

Matched 

Measure                                                                                           (n=1,219)                                                                                             

 

1.    Mean number of contiguous ranks

13.7

2.    Mean number of distinct specialties ranked

1.1

3.    Mean USMLE Step 1 score

225

4.    Mean USMLE Step 2 score

241

5.    Mean number of research experiences

2.4

6.    Mean number of abstracts, presentations, and publications

4.1

7.    Mean number of work experiences

3.6

8.    Mean number of volunteer experiences

8.3

9.    Percentage who are AOA members

9.8

10. Percentage who graduated from one of the 40 U.S. medical schools with the highest NIH funding

26.3

11. Percentage who have Ph.D. degree

0.8

12. Percentage who have another graduate degree

18.3

Note: Only U.S. MD seniors who gave consent to use their information in research are included.

Sources. NRMP Data Warehouse; Top 40 U.S. medical schools with the highest NIH funding in measure 10 is from the NIH website (http://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm).

   
 
Special Considerations When Applying for Residency

There are no special considerations when applying to this residency.

 
Important Advice

Doing an away rotation is a great opportunity to learn more about a residency program and for both parties to decide if they are a good fit.

Highlight why you are interested in family medicine and any extra-curricular activities which demonstrate your interest in primary care and community medicine when applying.

A great way to network and get to know more about a program’s “feel,” personnel, curricula and opportunities is to attend the annual conference of the AAFP.

 
Where Past Tulane Students Have Matched
U South Florida Morsani COM-Tampa TAMPA FL 2019
U Tennessee COM-Memphis  MEMPHIS TN 2019
Cook County Health and Hosps Sys-IL CHICAGO IL 2019
UC Davis Med Ctr-CA SACRAMENTO CA 2019
UAMS Regional Centers-AR BATESVILLE AR 2019
U South Alabama Hospitals  MOBILE AL 2019
Harrison Med Ctr-WA BREMERTON WA 2019
Aria Jefferson Health - PA PHILADELPHIA PA 2019
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside-PA PITTSBURGH PA 2019
Florida State University COM FORT MYERS FL 2019
UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA ORANGE CA 2019
Brown Family Med-RI PAWTUCKET RI 2019
Mountain AHEC-NC ASHEVILLE NC 2019
Tacoma Family Med-WA TACOMA WA 2019
Scripps Mercy Hosp-Chula Vista-CA CHULA VISTA CA 2019
Idaho State University POCATELLO ID 2019
Hennepin Co Med Ctr‐MN MINNEAPOLIS MN 2020
Kaiser Permanente‐Santa Rosa‐CA SANTA ROSA CA 2020
Altru Health System‐ND GRAND FORKS ND 2020
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton CAMP PENDLETON CA 2020
John Muir Health‐CA WALNUT CREEK CA 2020
Tower Health/Drexel Univ COM‐PA PHILADELPHIA PA 2020
Ohio State University Med Ctr COLUMBUS OH 2020
Cambridge Health Alliance‐MA CAMBRIDGE MA 2020
U Nevada Reno SOM RENO NV 2020
Kaiser Permanente‐Orange Co‐CA SANTA ANA CA 2020
Dignity Methodist Hosp‐Sacramento‐CA SACRAMENTO CA 2020
Cook County Health and Hosps Sys‐IL CHICAGO IL 2020
Providence Hospital‐AK ANCHORAGE AK 2020
LSU SOM‐New Orleans‐LA KENNER LA 2020
AltaMed Health Services‐CA SOUTH GATE CA 2020
East Tennessee St Univ JOHNSON CITY TN 2020
Swedish Med Ctr‐WA SEATTLE WA 2020
Stanford Univ Progs‐CA SAN JOSE CA 2020
Sunrise Health GME Consortium-NV LAS VEGAS NV 2021
Cambridge Health Alliance-MA CAMBRIDGE MA 2021
Charles R Drew University-CA LOS ANGELES CA 2021
Emanate Health-CA WEST COVINA CA 2021
Montefiore Med Ctr/Einstein-NY BRONX NY 2021
Stanford Univ Progs-CA SAN JOSE CA 2021
LSU SOM-New Orleans-LA KENNER LA 2021
UT Ascension St Thomas-TN MURFREESBORO TN 2021
Riverside University Health Sys-CA MORENO VALLEY CA 2021
Inova Fairfax Hospital-VA FAIRFAX VA 2021
Kaiser Permanente-San Jose-CA SAN JOSE CA 2021
UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA ORANGE CA 2021
Emory Univ SOM-GA ATLANTA GA 2021
Dignity Methodist Hosp-Sacramento-CA SACRAMENTO CA 2022
Oregon Health & Science Univ PORTLAND OR 2022
Cook County Health and Hosps Sys-IL CHICAGO IL 2022
Cahaba Medical Care-AL MARION AL 2022
U Alabama CCHS-Tuscaloosa TUSCALOOSA AL 2022
Providence St Peter Hospital-WA OLYMPIA WA 2022
U Illinois COM-Chicago CHICAGO IL 2022
Northern NM Family Med SANTA FE NM 2022
Henry Ford Hospital-MI DETROIT MI 2022
Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr-CA TORRANCE CA 2022
U Washington Affil Hosps SEATTLE WA 2022
SUNY HSC Brooklyn-NY BROOKLYN NY 2022
Univ of Chicago Med Ctr-IL CHICAGO IL 2022
Kaiser Permanente-Orange Co-CA SANTA ANA CA 2022
East Jefferson Gen Hosp-LA METAIRIE LA 2022
East Jefferson Gen Hosp-LA METAIRIE LA 2022
UCLA Med Ctr-CA SANTA MONICA CA 2022
Cook County Health and Hosps Sys-IL CHICAGO IL 2023
Wellspan Health York Hosp-PA YORK PA 2023
Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr-NC WINSTON-SALEM NC 2023
UCLA Med Ctr-CA SANTA MONICA CA 2023
Henry Ford Hospital-MI DETROIT MI 2023
U Texas Southwestern Med Sch-Dallas DALLAS TX 2023
Mercy Hospital St Louis-MO ST LOUIS MO 2023
HCA Healthcare/TriStar Southern Hills-TN NASHVILLE TN 2023
East Jefferson Gen Hosp-LA METAIRIE LA 2023
UC Davis Med Ctr-CA SACRAMENTO CA 2023
Med Coll Wisconsin Affil Hosps MILWAUKEE WI 2023
Ventura County Med Ctr-CA VENTURA CA 2023
 
How Many Programs Should I Apply To?
Most applicants apply to 19-40 programs.