Urban Health Track

CLINICAL CURRICULUM:

Created in 2017, the Urban Health Track is a longitudinal curriculum designed to develop leaders in primary care and urban/underserved care for South Florida. This is a primary care-oriented curriculum, designed during elective time in residency to provide dedicated training experiences in psychiatry, HIV primary care, women’s health, dermatology, and musculoskeletal examination/procedures. Additional experiences include rotations at Planned Parenthood and Miami Rescue Mission.

The Urban Health Track has a separate ERAS Application - Program ID as below:

Internal Medicine (Urban Health) - 1104140C3

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY:

In addition to the required clinical rotations listed above, UHT residents volunteer longitudinally at the IDEA Exchange - a free clinic that provides sterile syringes, basic wound care, overdose prevention, and referrals to HIV treatment services to reduce HIV, HCV, and other blood-borne illnesses in the community.

EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM:

Our UHT residents are responsible for creating and delivering content during the Internal Medicine ambulatory academic half-days. In the past, our UHT residents have lead sessions on LGBTQ+ Health in Primary Care (2021) and substance use disorders and addiction medicine (2022).

UHT residents also participate in quarterly resident-driven journal clubs. Open to all Internal Medicine and Med-Peds residents, our UHT residents lead robust discussions on topics such as gender-affirming care, medication-assisted treatment referral programs, and exploring housing status and income as predictors in the COVID-19 pandemic.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:

All urban health track residents are required to participate in scholarly activity and must complete at least one scholarly activity project to successfully complete the track.

Current Residents: