Learn about Family and Community Medicine residency rotations.
Inpatient Family Medicine (IPFM)
The IPFM service provides care for patients from our Family Medicine clinics who require hospitalization. Residents are exposed to a variety of medical conditions and work closely with inpatient family medicine attendings. This a three team service, with two teaching teams and one advanced practice provider team. Each teaching team is composed of two first-year residents, one senior residents and a Family Medicine attending. A night float system is used, comprised of a first-year resident and a senior resident, to care for patients overnight. While on IPFM, residents participate in morning report, interact with our multi-disciplinary team of care providers, and have the opportunity to teach medical students. Residents have designated teaching time from attendings, medical students and senior residents each day of the week.
Family Maternity Care (FMC)
The Family Maternity Care service care to pregnant women, newborns, and children. While on FMC, residents work one-on-one with Family Medicine faculty at our brand new Children’s Hospital (opened in June 2024). This rotation provides residents an opportunity to triage OB patients, manage labor, and perform deliveries while also providing care for newborns and postpartum mothers. In addition, residents on FMC provide care to children who require hospitalization at the Children's Hospital. As a result, the entire spectrum of perinatal care, postpartum care and the care of children is taught from a family-centered perspective.
Ambulatory Pediatrics
This rotation occurs in the Pediatric Outpatient clinic, which serves as an urgent care for pediatric patients. Our residents work one on one with pediatric attendings and care for this population of patients from birth to 18. Residents treat a wide variety of urgent pediatric complaints. This rotation is often broken down into a variety of two-week segments throughout the duration of your training, but totals eight weeks.
Behavioral and Community Health
Residents have an opportunity to work with Family Medicine faculty who have expertise in mental health, behavioral modifications, and substance use disorder. This rotation provides a unique perspective to health care needs in Columbia and resources available to those in our community. This includes understanding principles of public health and clinical epidemiology. Family Medicine faculty will be staffing a substance use disorders clinic beginning February 2026.
Cardiology Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
During this month, our residents work with the Internal Medicine Department to manage patients in the CICU. Responsibilities include ventilator management, management of arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary edema, code situations, hypotension, and complications of anticoagulation/thrombolytic therapy.
Dermatology
Residents work with a variety of dermatologists in their outpatient clinics, including pediatric specialists. After completion of this rotation, residents have gained confidence in diagnoses, skin biopsies, and other dermatologic procedures.
Emergency Medicine
This rotation is based in the University’s emergency center, which is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in mid-Missouri. The emergency room treats more than 80,000 patients per year.
General Surgery
Residents on the general surgery rotations work at University Hospital clinics, to learn about common surgical procedures, indications for referral, and perioperative management.
Geriatric and Palliative Care Medicine
During our geriatric and palliative care medicine rotation, residents have the opportunity to work with numerous Family Medicine faculty who specialize in the care of our geriatric patients. While on this rotation, residents work in the inpatient setting, providing consults for geriatric and palliative care patients. In addition, residents spend time in the outpatient setting, caring for patients in family medicine clinics, in local nursing homes, and in our unique geriatric clinic.
Inpatient Pediatrics
Residents work with the Pediatrics Department to learn skills necessary for caring for acutely ill children in a hospital setting. Residents get exposure to pediatric procedures and will work with multiple pediatric specialists and hospitalists who are eager to teach. In addition to teaching rounds, a morning multidisciplinary report occurs daily where cases are discussed in an informal setting.
Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
Residents care for patients who are admitted to the University Hospital's ICU from hospital inpatient teams, outside transfers from other hospitals, and the emergency room. Residents learn ventilator management, and have the opportunity for many procedures.
Obstetrics
During this experience, residents work with an OB senior resident and OB attending to learn the management of high-risk triage patients and laboring mothers while performing multiple deliveries.
Sports Medicine
A focus of this rotation is to help residents gain confidence in performing the musculoskeletal examination and joint injections. In particular, residents work at the Columbia Orthopaedic Group (COG), Missouri Orthopaedic Institute (MOI), and the Family Medicine musculoskeletal clinic. These rotations are directed by Family Medicine faculty members who are certified with added qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine. While on this rotation, residents are able to pursue coverage of sideline activities for several high school and Mizzou athletic teams alongside their various team physicians, including the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellow. Residents also attend morning conferences with the team physicians and trainers responsible for the care of Mizzou athletes.
Surgical Subspecialties
During this time, residents spend time in urology, ENT, wound care and bone health outpatient clinics.
Well Baby Nursery
During this rotation, residents work with the Pediatrics Department, acquiring the skills needed to diagnose and treat illness in the neonate and to learn newborn resuscitation and circumcisions. They also provide care for healthy newborn infants.
Women's Health
During this rotation, residents work with family Medicine faculty to gain experience diagnosing and treating gynecologic, urodynamic, infertility, and breast problems. Additionally, residents learn procedures such as intrauterine device and subcutaneous implant placement, colposcopy, and endometrial biopsy.
Electives
Our program encourages residents to pursue their own professional interests. Residents can choose from many established electives, or create their own educational experience.
