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2cr8tive
04-13-2006, 08:47 PM
hey everyone,

just a couple of questions,

I'm interested in community medicine residency...i can't find programs that offer this, can you help me on this.

also, when do we write the second part of USLME.

thanks
krust3
04-13-2006, 09:19 PM
perhaps you can't find a "community medicine residency" because no such thing exists...
2cr8tive
04-13-2006, 09:28 PM
ofcourse it does. check out the University of British Columbia website. so what's the next closest thing to this program?
teratos
04-13-2006, 09:43 PM
Can you post a link? I'm lazy.
rdecastro
04-13-2006, 09:46 PM
ofcourse it does. check out the University of British Columbia website. so what's the next closest thing to this program?

It's not a recognized specialty ior subspecialty in the US. Perhaps family medicine with a community focus (rather than, say, a rural focus)?

www.agcme.org has all the approved programs and institutions.
microphage
04-13-2006, 11:01 PM
It's not a recognized specialty ior subspecialty in the US. Perhaps family medicine with a community focus (rather than, say, a rural focus)?

www.agcme.org (http://www.agcme.org) has all the approved programs and institutions.

www.acgme.org
rdecastro
04-13-2006, 11:07 PM
www.acgme.org (http://www.acgme.org)


Proof positive that I need a break - thanks.
jubes
04-14-2006, 04:23 AM
The girl's right... community medicine is an awesome residency program. It's just that lots of the amazing pioneers in this field are dead!!!

In any case, this is becoming a more important area and there are community-oriented residencies in the US, if not precisely "community medicine". I think I have heard of a residency program. I would check out this guy:

Michael E. Kerr, M.D., director of The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, D.C

These are residencies with a "systems" or "ecological" framework.

Cheers
handsomeroses100
04-14-2006, 07:26 AM
there is community health residencies but not in the us i suppose.you can check this out in liverpool school of tropical medicine hospital in uk.
scoobz1981
04-18-2006, 10:51 AM
In the US, you can do a community medicine clinical rotation, but NO such residency exists to date... if you would like to see a list of approved ACGME residencies, they are on the FREIDA website (google it) or goto www.ama-assn.org (http://www.ama-assn.org) and click the FREIDA link. Community Medicine is more like a rural track FP program, and if you are interested in that, let me know by PMing me

Val