Tripler Family Medicine Training in Paradise! Jeremy D. Johnson, MD, MPH LTC, MC, USA Residency Director
The Adventure Begins!
Why Tripler?
Why Tripler Family Medicine? 1. Location: Training in Paradise!
Why Tripler? 2. Medical Center-Based Training - Tripler is the only Military Medical Center in the entire Pacific Basin - Exposure to diseases and illnesses endemic to the tropics (leptospirosis) - Access to prestigious Tertiary Care subspecialists
Why Tripler? 3. Unique Humanitarian and Military opportunities - Most Tripler FM Residents have the unique opportunity to go on humanitarian missions (2-3 weeks in duration) - Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia (a sampling of 2010-2013 missions by FM residents!)
Vietnam
Cambodia
Why Tripler? 4. Top-notch Behavioral Science curriculum - Emphasizing the doctor-patient relationship - Emphasizing the resident-resident relationship - Emphasizing the resident-faculty relationship
Why Tripler? 5. Outstanding Faculty 2 Primary care sports medicine physicians on full time faculty 1 Colonoscopy certified adjunct faculty (does full day of colonoscopies every week)
Why Tripler? 5. Outstanding Faculty continued… 2 Faculty Development Fellowship trained faculty (1 with research based MPH degree, one with MBA degree) Two OB Fellowship trained faculty (do c-sections with our residents) Ultrasound trained faculty
Why Tripler? 6. Osteopathic manipulation clinic OMT clinic inside our Family Medicine clinic. Referrals from all providers in the clinic Staffed by an osteopathic attending
Why Tripler? 7. Outstanding patient mix At least 12% of your panel will be kids Approximately 12% of your panel will be geriatric 20% of your panel will be Active Duty Soldiers The rest will be young or middle aged adults (male and female)
Why Tripler 8. Quarterly Simulation Olympics 3-4 hours of simulation training with your excellent Family Medicine staff.
The Residency Details
Curriculum Overview Internship 2nd Year Clinic rotations-3, ER-1, Ward-9 Electives-0 1/2 day Family Medicine clinic/wk Lectures-3-5 per week Simulation Training 3-4 hours per quarter 2nd Year Clinics-6, Ward-6, Elective 1 2-3 half days Family Medicine clinic/wk Lectures-3-4 per week
Curriculum Overview 3rd Year Clinics-5, Ward-4, ER-1, Electives-2 (one of which is typically a humanitarian mission), 1 military rotation (experience military medicine at Schofield) 3-4 half days Family Medicine clinic/wk Lectures-3-4 per week Simulation Training 3-4 hours per quarter
Calling Hawaii Home
Don’t be “Lost”…
We’d love to find you here! Graduation 2011: Tripler Family Medicine
For more information… Check out our web page! Google: “tripler family medicine residency” http://www.tamc.amedd.army.mil/offices/familyMedicine13/department/fmrp.htm Contact us! Dr. Jeremy Johnson, Program Director: jeremy.daniel.johnson@us.army.mil Ms. Jeong Shimoda, Residency Coordinator: jeong.shimoda@us.army.mil