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 in South Florida. This is a primary care-oriented curriculum which provides dedicated training experiences in psychiatry, HIV primary care, women’s health, dermatology, and musculoskeletal examination/procedures through the structured use of elective time.

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

Internal Medicine (Urban Health) - 1104140C3

Rotations include:

∙ Women’s Health
∙ Dermatology
∙ Sports Medicine/MSK
∙ Psychiatry consults
∙ HIV Primary Care
∙ Miami Rescue Mission

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, medication treatment for substance use disorders, and referrals to HIV treatment services.

EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM:

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

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 social determinants of health.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:

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