First Year

	The initial year uses rotations through The Western Pennsylvania Hospital - Forbes Regional Campus to reinforce and expand the knowledge and skills you acquired in medical school, and introduces you to the care of families at the Family Health Center. The focus of this first year is inpatient experience in four basic areas including internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, and surgery - plus emergency medicine.
I am getting the training that I need. I am getting the academics that are useful and practical. We have local experts who give lectures and I think the medical progress rounds and conferences that we have in the afternoon are as good as any."
Resident Allison Kliber, MD (center) leads a discussion at a local high school about a career in medicine.

*Internal Medicine is taught by a family physician who is board certified in geriatrics and has a special interest in developing teaching skills of the residents.  The rounding attendings focus on day-to-day management issues with the help of a case manager.  The teaching attending focuses on one or more patients for more detailed teaching of pathophysiology, treatment, physical examination, differential diagnosis or literature review.  Particular emphasis is placed upon the practical application of evidence-based medicine.

**On the Pediatric rotation, residents run an active inpatient service with patients comprising a broad range of community pediatric problems. Full-time pediatric faculty backup and teach on the service.