{"id":7406,"date":"2014-10-01T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T18:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/?page_id=7406"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:05:28","slug":"pctp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/categorical-training-program\/pctp\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Care Training Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container primary-care-2019 autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-9530\" data-slideshow-name=\"primary-care-2019\" data-slideshow-delay=\"3000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-9530\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-9530_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/02\/Retreat.jpg\" alt=\"Primary Care residents during retreat\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-9530_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/02\/S35-testify3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-9530_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/02\/PC-dinner-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-9530_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/02\/DSC01694.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-9530\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Welcome\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re delighted you are interested BMC\u2019s Primary Care Training Program. Our mission is to train leaders in the primary care of underserved populations by equipping our trainees with outstanding skills in clinical care, advocacy, education, and research. We accomplish this in a collegial learning environment with an emphasis on evidence-based, comprehensive primary care practice and a commitment to addressing psychosocial factors and structural determinants of health. The global nature of our patient population enables our residents to gain a particularly wide array of clinical experiences that prepare them for independent practice anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The cornerstones of our training are our outstanding and diverse continuity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/why-bmc\/hospitals\/community-health-centers\/\">clinic sites<\/a> and our primary care blocks. Over 3 years of training, our primary care residents have 15 months protected for training in outpatient medicine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UFGEiQtIKzg?si=2u_PqUKtXRSs4kUP\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Clinic Sites<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Our residents practice primary care in a variety of clinical settings throughout Boston:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Crosstown<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>The <span>Crosstown Primary Care Center<\/span>, a recognized Patient Centered Medical Home, is our largest primary care practice setting. Residents practice alongside faculty in interdisciplinary teams and are an integral part of our ongoing practice transformation. Embedded in our clinic are many resources for patients including integrated behavioral health, clinical pharmacists, social workers, nutrition, diabetic group visits, office-based opioid treatment, clinical nursing support and complex care coordination, population health specialist, point-of-care HIV testing, and access to our world class interpreter services department.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Community Health Centers<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Many residents choose to practice primary care in one of 5 affiliated, federally qualified <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/why-bmc\/hospitals\/community-health-centers\/\">Community Health Centers\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(CHC\u2019s), all of which are Patient Centered Medical Homes.<\/p>\n<p>Each health center serves a group of patients often with a common linguistic and\/or cultural identity. Experienced primary care preceptors oversee residents&#8217; practice throughout their 3 years of residency, allowing for longitudinal mentorship. Residents who work in CHC&#8217;s can become involved in the particular outreach efforts of their health center.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Second Continuity Clinic<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Our primary care residents also elect a second continuity clinic in their second and third years, which allows them to develop expertise in a particular element of patient care, care of a specific population, or primary care model. Recent choices include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refugee Health<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s Health<\/li>\n<li>Geriatrics<\/li>\n<li>Correctional Health<\/li>\n<li>Addiction Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Weight Management Clinic<\/li>\n<li>Community Health<\/li>\n<li>Student Health<\/li>\n<li>Private Practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Primary Care Block<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><u>Structure<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Each primary care block is composed of a continuity clinic (+1) week, didactic week, and 2 elective weeks. For PGY-1s and PGY-2s, elective weeks are generally populated by one of our core clinical immersions. <span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW72206748 BCX2\">After completion of core immersions, PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents have the opportunity to tailor their elective weeks to meet their specific clinical training needs or interests.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW72206748 BCX2\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW72206748 BCX2\">The elective catalogue is broad and always evolving, but includes <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW72206748 BCX2\">experiences in<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW72206748 BCX2\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW72206748 BCX2\">sports medicine, behavioral health, wound care, weight management, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW72206748 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW72206748 BCX2\">ophthalmology, and dermatology.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"0\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"35\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Monday<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Tuesday<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Wednesday<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"87\">Clinic week<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">AM<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Subspecialty clinic: ID<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Subspecialty clinic: ID<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Health equity pathway time<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Administrative time<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Academic half day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\">PM<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Continuity clinic<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Continuity clinic<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Continuity clinic<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Refugee clinic<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Continuity clinic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"87\">Didactic week<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">AM<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Intern toolkit: Advocacy 101, Correctional Health 101<\/p>\n<p>PGY-2\/PGY-3: DM 201 &#8211; Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Practice<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">PGY-2\/PGY-3: Headache for the PCP<\/p>\n<p>All: Telephone Medicine<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Intern toolkit: MDD\/GAD 101, Addiction Medicine 101<\/p>\n<p>PGY-2\/PGY-3: Travel Medicine for the PCP, ID Cases for the PCP<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Intern toolkit: Immigrant Health 101<\/p>\n<p>All: In-basket management<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Intern toolkit: DM 101<\/p>\n<p>PGY-2\/PGY-3: TIA\/Stroke for the PCP<\/p>\n<p>All: Managing multiplexity in geriatric patients<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\">PM<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Intern toolkit: Scholarship 101<\/p>\n<p>PGY-2\/PGY-3: Doctor-patient communication<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">All: Preconception and early pregnancy care, Advocacy project brainstorm<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Intern toolkit: Addiction medicine walking tour<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">All: Low back pain, smoking cessation<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Self-study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"87\">Core immersion:<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Health<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">AM<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Breast clinic<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Women\u2019s Health primary care<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">LARC clinic<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Self-study module: Contraception<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Breast clinic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\">PM<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Self-study module:<\/p>\n<p>Abnormal uterine bleeding<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Self-study module: Breast health<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Self-study module: Early Pregnancy care<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Women\u2019s Health primary care<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Self-study module: Menopause<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"87\">Core immersion: Geriatrics<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">AM<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Home-based primary care<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Home-based primary care<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Nursing home<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">PACE program<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Self-study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\">PM<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Home-based primary care<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Home-based primary care<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Nursing home<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">PACE program<\/td>\n<td width=\"148\">Self-study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Curriculum<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The didactic week curriculum is composed of interactive sessions covering key clinical content domains in primary care, procedural simulations, health systems and policy, primary care innovation, health equity, and professional development. Sessions are delivered by content experts and core faculty in our primary care track, and include plenty of opportunities for peer teaching. To see a detailed curriculum map from previous years, <a href=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/08\/Curriculum.jpg\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The additional ambulatory training gave me an edge over other new residency grads when I first started practicing. I felt much more comfortable in areas of outpatient medicine that are not traditionally part of an IM residency experience. &#8211; Quote from our alum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rKGIC2XW7Lw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">After Graduation Plans<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The majority of our graduates go on to practice primary care in a variety of settings: academic, community health, private practice &#8211; some after generalist fellowships such as GIM fellowship, Addiction Medicine fellowship, and Geriatric fellowship.<span>\u00a0Click below for graduates for the past 5 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">PC Alumni- What did they do after residency?<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>2025 Graduates:<\/h5>\n<p><span>Al Braun: Primary Care Physician, Boston Medical Center Adult Primary Care<\/span><br \/>\nRachel Eddy: Palliative Care Fellowship, Cornell\/Columbia<br \/>\nRobert Fain: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Boston Medical Center<br \/>\nNavya George: Rheumatology Fellowship, Columbia<br \/>\nBrittany Hansen: Ambulatory Chief Residency<br \/>\nEffie Mathew: Geriatrics Fellowship, University of Chicago<br \/>\nKevin Savage: Primary Care Physician, Dartmouth Hitchcock<\/p>\n<h5>2024 Graduates:<\/h5>\n<p><span>Sarah Jensen: PCP, MedStar Health<\/span><br \/>\nShreya Bhatia: Geriatrics Fellowship, BMC<br \/>\nSayari Patel: Hospitalist, University of Miami<br \/>\nTinuola Ajayi: Cardiology Hospitalist, Dartmouth Hitchcock<br \/>\nSabetta Singh: Ambulatory Chief Resident, BMC<\/p>\n<h5>2023 Graduates:<\/h5>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span>Jacqueline You: Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Minaliza Shahlapour- PCP and preceptor, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Oluwatomi Adeoti- Endocrine Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Tyler Lescure- PCP, Mass General Beacon Hill Primary Care<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Doreen Danesh- Palliative Care Fellowship, Mass General Hospital<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>2022 Graduates:<\/h5>\n<p>Jennifer Bayly \u2013 GIM Fellowship, Harvard\/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center<br \/>\nAlan Chan \u2013 Infectious Diseases Fellow, BMC<br \/>\nEmily Jones \u2013 Ambulatory Chief Medical Resident, BMC<br \/>\nEmily Lupez \u2013 GIM Fellowship, Harvard\/Cambridge Health Alliance<br \/>\nSantiago Montana \u2013 Hospitalist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center<br \/>\nNika Sulakvelidze \u2013 Teaching Hospitalist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center<\/p>\n<h5>2021 Graduates:<\/h5>\n<p>Sam Siskind \u2013 Ambulatory Chief Resident, BMC; Endocrine Fellow, BMC<br \/>\nHannan Braun \u2013 <span>Addiction Fellowship, Brown University; PCP at Denver Health<\/span><br \/>\nSteve Coffin \u2013 PCP, Charles River Medical Associates<br \/>\nTheo Kalathas \u2013 PCP, University of Rochester Medical Center<br \/>\nLinda Paniszyn \u2013 Geriatrics Fellowship, BMC<br \/>\nIniya Rajendran \u2013 <span>Cardiology Fellowship, U. of Arizona; Integrative Medicine Fellowship, U. of Arizona<\/span><br \/>\nRodolfo Villareal-Calderon \u2013 Medical Education Fellow, BMC<br \/>\nMarco Tori &#8211; EIS Officer, CDC<\/p>\n<h5>2020 Graduates:<\/h5>\n<div>Sarah Fulco &#8211; PCP, Newton Wellesley Primary Care<\/div>\n<div>Rebecca Green &#8211; <span>Women\u2019s Health\/GIM Fellowship;\u00a0PCP, Pittsburgh University Medical Center<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Jordy Laks &#8211; <span>Addiction Medicine Fellowship, BMC;\u00a0Clinician Educator faculty (GIM and Addiction Medicine), BMC<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Sam Rawlins-Pilgrim &#8211; <span>Ambulatory Chief Resident, BMC;\u00a0PCP,\u00a0Boston Healthcare for the Homeless<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Joan Savage &#8211; <span>PCP, Erie Family Health Center<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Rachael Stovall &#8211; <span>Rheumatology Fellowship, University of Washington<\/span><br \/>\nLily Yan &#8211; <span>Global Health Fellowship; Instructor in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h5>2019 Graduates:<\/h5>\n<div>\n<div>Caitlin Bove &#8211; PCP, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston<\/div>\n<div>Davis Bradford &#8211; Primary Care\/Addiction Medicine Clinician Educator, University of Alabama<\/div>\n<div>Leah Harvey &#8211; <span>D\/Addiction Fellowship, BMC; Post-Doc Clinical Research Fellow at BU-CHART and Infectious Disease Attending at BMC<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Jenny Jia &#8211; Faculty at Northwestern Medical Group<\/div>\n<div>Krupa Patel &#8211; PCP, BMC<\/div>\n<div>Alex Pipilas &#8211; <span>Medical Chief Resident, BMC;\u00a0Cardiology Fellowship, BMC<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Sarah Roderick &#8211; PCP, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates<\/div>\n<div>Minhee Sung &#8211; Research Fellow, Yale Veterans Hospital<\/div>\n<div>Muna Sheikh &#8211; PCP, Uphams Corner Community Health Center<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h5>2018 Graduates:<\/h5>\n<div>Gina Chen &#8211; PCP at BMC<\/div>\n<div>Shiyun Chua &#8211; Geriatrician, <span>University of Washington<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Jonathan Lorgunpai &#8211; Geriatrician, Mount Auburn Hospital<\/div>\n<div>Michael Schwartz &#8211; Teaching Hospitalist, BMC<\/div>\n<div>Ben Vaughan &#8211; PCP, Attelborough Medical Associates<\/div>\n<div>Kate Zeitler &#8211; PCP, South Boston Community Health Center<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">PCTP Community<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container pc-2024 autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-14211\" data-slideshow-name=\"pc-2024\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-14211\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14211_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/06\/PC-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14211_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/06\/PC-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14211_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/06\/Primary-Care-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14211_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/06\/Thompson-Island.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14211_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/06\/PC-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14211_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/06\/Primary-Care-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14211_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/06\/PC-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14211_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2024\/06\/PC-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-14211\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The primary care program offers a smaller community within the larger residency community. We seek to foster this community through a number of social and professional development events outside the hospital which offer the opportunity for residents to engage together and with our wonderful faculty, including a summer BBQ, multiple potlucks, an annual retreat, and graduation.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Annual Advocacy Project<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Read More Here<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2025\/07\/Advocacy-Projects-501x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14552 \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2025\/07\/Advocacy-Projects-501x300.png 501w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2025\/07\/Advocacy-Projects-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2025\/07\/Advocacy-Projects.png 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>I loved the aspects of advocacy the most &#8211; while practicing primary care post-residency, it inspired me to constantly consider the social determinants of health for my patients and to go the extra mile in advocating for their needs.\u00a0 &#8211; Quote from our alum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition to their clinical practice, our Primary Care Residents are extremely active in advocacy and scholarship. <span>The primary care program hosts an annual Advocacy Project, during which the residents work with community partners to develop a variety of skills to advocate on behalf of patients. <span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Recent projects have focused primarily on immigrant and refugee<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> health, through advancing provider knowledge of transplant eligibility, understanding and addressing the Boston housing crisis as it affects newly arrived immigrants, and ensuring access to healthcare for immigrant families. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Recent activities have included meeting with state legislators, composing op <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">eds<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> in the lay press, organizing <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW65119393 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Department of Medicine Grand rounds, and sharing patient stories as oral plenaries at national academic meetings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Resident Scholarship<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Read More Here<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/12\/SGIM-1024x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"204\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/12\/SGIM-1024x209.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/12\/SGIM-650x133.png 650w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/12\/SGIM-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/12\/SGIM-1536x313.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/12\/SGIM-2048x418.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nOur residents are active in regional and national medical associations. Every year, our primary care residents present research, medical education innovations and clinical vignettes at national and regional Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) meetings.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">FAQ<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>What if I&#8217;m not sure about a career in primary care? Should I still apply?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We encourage applications from anyone considering a career in primary care; the interview process can be a useful opportunity to understand more about careers and training in primary care.<\/p>\n<p><em>How does the primary care training differ from categorical clinical training?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Primary care residents receive identical inpatient training opportunities to our categorical residents, including MICU and subspecialty wards rotations, at both BMC and the West Roxbury VA. They are also scheduled for an equivalent amount of elective time. Primary care residents receive additional outpatient clinical training <span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">through core immersions <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">and didactics <\/span><\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">during their primary care block<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, for a total additional<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion SCXW186946377 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">6 months of outpatient training<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186946377 BCX2\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Where do primary care residents have their continuity clinics?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Primary care residents may have their continuity clinic practice at one of our affiliated community health centers, VA, or large hospital-based primary care clinics. Primary care residents also receive priority placement at second continuity clinics during their PGY-2 and PGY-3 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are primary care residents still incorporated into the overall residency?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes! Primary care residents are integrated into our X+Y system, just like categorical residents; that is, they rotate through their clinic weeks (Y or +1 weeks) with residents from both the primary care and categorical tracks. As a result, primary care residents enjoy the opportunity to be part of two communities within the larger residency community: the community of the primary care program, and that of their clinic group.<\/p>\n<p><em>Can primary care residents participate in residency pathways?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes! 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