Residency ProgramsEmergency Medicine/Family Medicine

Family Medicine

Family Medicine Residency

Training Facilities

The cornerstone of family medicine education is ambulatory medicine. Our residents, therefore, spend a majority of their time in office seeing patients to prepare to practice in today's medical climate. The Family Medicine Center is our outpatient practice and is the center of the resident education experience.

Our practice has implemented several New Model features, including an electronic medical record (EMR) and advanced-access scheduling, which provide our residents with training relevant to the 21st century and the future of family medicine. The Family Medicine Center is one practice with two newly renovated office locations, each offering its own unique training experience. Most residents spend time in both locations, although residents may request to be exclusive at one location.

Suburban location: Family Medicine Center at Foulk Road
This is our original office location in the suburban setting of North Wilmington. In July 2008, we moved into a completely renovated space equipped with 12 exam rooms, two procedure rooms, a resident room, faculty offices, administrative space and a conference room. The new, open floor plan lends itself well to office flown and efficiency. This office cares for a diverse patient mix and payor mix.

Urban location: Family Medicine Center at the Wilmington Annex
In January 2008, we opened a second location in downtown Wilmington, across the street from Wilmington Hospital, with six exam rooms and an administrative suite. This cares for a large underserved population. It is also the site of our Teen Clinic and one of the patient-care sites for our sports medicine program.

Experience two contrasting hospitals

University/academic or community? Large or small? Opposed or unopposed? These are questions students ask themselves when choosing a residency program.

At Christiana Care there is no need to choose. We are fortunate to have the unique combination of a top-rated tertiary-care medical center as well as a growing community hospital, enabling us to enjoy the best of both worlds.

At Christiana Hospital you will appreciate the crucial role our health system plays as a regional center for excellence in heart services (including cardiac surgery and coronary angioplasty), cancer treatment, women's health services, physical medicine and rehabilitation, infectious diseases, general medicine and surgery, and the state's high-intensity trauma services. Here, residents will also benefit from education involving multiple residency programs.

At Wilmington Hospital, family medicine residents enjoy taking care of patients in a community hospital setting in which family medicine is the primary residency program in the hospital. Residents enjoy the direct contact and teaching they receive from attendings and specialists. Because our second outpatient office is directly across the street from Wilmington Hospital, residents and patients experience wonderful continuity of care.

Additional training sites

Our residents are fortunate to have access to several educational opportunities in community facilities and other hospitals.

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
This full-service children's hospital, located in Wilmington, offers all major specialties and sub-specialties of pediatric medicine, surgery and dentistry. The hospital has become a national leader in cardiac surgery, solid organ transplant, pediatric cardiology and other specialties. Family medicine residents rotate through both the inpatient service and emergency department.

Adolescent Wellness Centers
Located within high schools and vocational schools throughout Delaware, these centers offer full-service primary care and preventive care.

Juvenile Detention Centers
Our faculty serve as the medical directors and provide medical care and evaluation to adolescents in these state facilities.

Teen Clinic
This clinic for underserved, high-risk teens in the Wilmington area offers full-service family medicine and mental-health counseling and referral.

Senior centers / home visits
Our department has robust geriatric services, and our residents are involved in many of the programs.

School athletics programs
Through our sports medicine program, our residents have the opportunity to participate in the care of athletes in local high schools and at Delaware State University.