Beginning with the first week of internship, our residents have their own continuity clinics one half day a week. Clinic sites affiliated with Wishard Hospital include the Primary Care Center, Blackburn, Forest Manor, North Arlington, Grassy Creek, Westside, and Cottage Corner. Other clinic sites include the Veterans Hospital or Methodist Hospital Outpatient Clinics.

Each resident sees his/her own patients in the same site at the same time each week for all three years, and is generally staffed by his/her preceptor who also is familiar with the patients. In addition to ambulatory medicine, residents are also encouraged to learn important skills such as billing and coding, time management, and office procedures. Continuity clinics are cancelled for residents during the night float and ICU rotations. Through our new EIP program "REACH," the Patients First initiative has allowed us to integrate a one-week "immersion week" in which residents spend a dedicated week in clinic without the distraction of ward responsibilities.