Curriculum
In addition to our core family medicine faculty and hospitalist team, the Novant Health family medicine residency program in the Charlotte region is fortunate to have an active and engaged group of community preceptors from many specialties teach several of the subspecialty rotations.
Our curriculum follows a 13-block rotation schedule; each block is 4 weeks long. The outline of our rotations for each year is as follows.
All rotations take place in the Charlotte area.
First postgraduate year (PGY I)
Hospital-based
| Rotation | Length |
| Family medicine inpatient | 12 weeks |
| Obstetrics | 4 weeks |
| Inpatient pediatrics | 4 weeks |
| Newborn nursery/NICU | 2 weeks |
Outpatient & hospital-hospital based
| Rotation | Length |
| General surgery | 2 weeks |
Outpatient-based
| Rotation | Length |
| Orthopedics/sports medicine | 4 weeks |
| Psychiatry and behavioral health | 4 weeks |
| Pediatrics | 4 weeks |
| Residency Orientation | 4 weeks |
| Dermatology | 4 weeks |
| Radiology/POCUS | 4 weeks |
| Elective | 4 weeks |
Second postgraduate year (PGY II)
Hospital-based
| Rotation | Length |
| Family medicine inpatient | 12 weeks |
| Obstetrics | 4 weeks |
| Pediatric emergency medicine | 2 weeks |
Outpatient-based
| Rotation | Length |
| Electives | 8 weeks |
| Family medicine | 4 weeks |
| Geriatrics | 4 weeks |
| Gynecology | 4 weeks |
| Health systems management/population health | 4 weeks |
| Hospice/palliative care | 2 weeks |
| PBLI longitudinal curriculum | 2 weeks |
| ENT | 2 weeks |
| Urgent care | 2 weeks |
| Community medicine | 2 weeks |
Third postgraduate year (PGY III)
Hospital-based
| Rotation | Length |
| Family medicine inpatient | 8 weeks |
| Emergency medicine | 4 weeks |
Outpatient-based
| Rotation | Length |
| Electives | 12 weeks |
| Family medicine | 8 weeks |
| Neurology/headache | 4 weeks |
| Cardiology | 4 weeks |
| Endocrinology | 4 weeks |
| Ortho selective | 4 weeks |
| Pediatrics | 4 weeks |