Academic Focus
The Ohio State University Family Medicine Residency Program provides a unique training experience, balancing the rigors of an academic program with the environment of traditional family medicine. As an integral part of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, our residents are clinical instructors providing the opportunity to teach medical students and other health care professionals. In addition, academic focus provides opportunities for research and scholarship, which is unparalleled in community programs.
Continuity Clinics
Our university-based residency emphasizes family medicine with specialty rotations at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a nationally ranked academic medical center. Our inpatient services at East Hospital allow family practice residents to develop their clinical and technical skills in a supportive environment that fosters the development of life-long learning processes necessary for every family doctor. Residents also train at two nearby clinics, where faculty and community family physicians mentor and teach our residents in the office setting. Our Family Medicine Thomas Rardin Clinic is located in the Ohio State Primary Care Northwood-High location north of the Ohio State campus and sees a variety of patients including university students, underserved and immigrant patients. Our Outpatient Care East Family Medicine Clinic is located in the Ohio State Primary Care - Family Medicine Outpatient Care East location on the near east side of Columbus, serving a large urban underserved patient population.
Additionally, second and third year residents are assigned continuity prenatal patients, where the resident is engaged with the pregnant patient during prenatal, antepartum, and postnatal care. We have Family Medicine faculty members certified in vaginal deliveries and will be present with you for the delivery.
The Outpatient Care East clinic and Thomas Rardin clinic train committed family medicine residents to provide high quality, culturally competent healthcare in urban, multicultural and lower socioeconomic communities. Through innovative and inspired healthcare delivery, disease prevention, health promotion, research and leadership, we hope to diminish or eliminate racial, gender and socioeconomic healthcare outcome disparities.
Family & Community Medicine Residency Curriculum
- Family medicine orientation
- Diabetes and PCMH
- Family medicine inpatient service
- Emergency medicine
- Cardiology
- Medical intensive care unit
- Labor and delivery (OSU Main)
- Newborn nursery
- Pediatric inpatient service - Nationwide Children's Hospital
- General surgery
- Family practice clinic
- Ambulatory surgery
- Family Medicine Inpatient Service
- Family Medicine Office
- Dermatology
- Musculoskeletal
- Emergency Pediatric Medicine- Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Care of the Elderly
- Behavioral Health
- Gynecology
- Labor and Delivery - Mount Carmel East hospital
- Pediatric Primary Care
- Electives – 8 weeks of elective experiences
- Family Medicine Inpatient Service
- Family Medicine Office
- Pediatric Specialty
- Emergency Medicine
- Musculoskeletal
- Nephrology Consults
- Electives – 20 weeks of elective experiences
Every Wednesday afternoon our residents meet for protected education time during our weekly didactics. Our didactics are structured in a block-based format, with each block focusing on a core clinic topic (i.e., cardiology, dermatology, women’s health, etc.) The curriculum is 18 months in duration, which ensures residents are exposed to each block twice during residency. Lectures are given by both family medicine faculty, as well as subspecialist experts. Content delivery includes workshops, problem-based learning, and case-based presentations. Reoccurring didactic sessions include journal club, case of the month, mystery case conference, chief time, and program director time.
We have a robust elective curriculum which is separated into two categories. Our Foundational Electives include rotations in areas that are core to family medicine education and our Supplemental Electives which are experiences that are meant to supplement a resident’s individual interests. These rotations can be scheduled into 2- or 4-week blocks or as a longitudinal experience.
Foundational Electives (examples)
- Cardiology
- Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
- Urology
- Gastroenterology
- Nephrology
- Neurology and Stroke
- Allergy and Rheumatology
- Family Medicine Office
Supplemental Elective (examples)
- Sports Medicine
- POCUS
- Rural Medicine
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Adolescent Medicine
- Academic/Research
- Weight Management
- Occupational Medicine
- Global Health
Longitudinal Experiences (examples)
- Home Visits
- Contraception Clinic
- Pediatric Sports Medicine (must apply)
- POCUS
- Ambulatory Pediatrics
- Immigration and Refugee Clinic
One of the benefits of training at The Ohio State University is the opportunity to simultaneously work toward obtaining a master's level degree during residency. This includes MBA through the College of Business and an MPH through the College of Public Health.
For more information about this visit the OSU Human Resources website.
Obstetrical Training is integrated throughout all three years of residency to ensure residents are comfortable caring for the pregnant patient, while also offering additional elective time for those interested in obstetrical care after residency. Two months are spent in the Labor and Delivery Unit - one month at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and another at a local community hospital, Mt. Carmel East Hospital, providing excellent training in both settings.
Additionally, second and third year residents are assigned a minimum of five continuity deliveries, where the resident is engaged with the patients during prenatal, antepartum, and postnatal care. Several of our Family Medicine faculty members are certified in vaginal deliveries and will be present with you for the delivery.