Clinic Overview

First-year residents will see their own patient panel one to two half-days a week. In addition to faculty supervision, an upper-level resident will be present in the first-year resident clinic to assist with resident education, patient flow, and tips on how to navigate UTMB's tertiary care facility. Second and third-year residents will see their own patient panel on average three to four half-days a week.

Primary Care Pavilion - Galveston

The Primary Care Pavilion houses the Department of Family Medicine, as well as separate facilities for primary care Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics, Gynecology, Physical Therapy, Executive Wellness, and Geriatric Senior Wellness Center. This facility is the flagship for primary care clinics on campus. The building received a multi-million dollar face-lift and reopened as the Primary Care Pavilion in November 1996.

Our Navy and Gold clinical teams are located at the Primary Care Pavilion. Each team area has 10 examination rooms, a patient counseling room, and a residents' room. The teams represent models for semi-independent, small-group practices. Each resident is provided a desk and storage area, a desktop computer with internet connections, electronic medical record connections, medical software and administrative software. Generally, at least two examination rooms are provided to each resident seeing patients in the facility. The clinical teams share two large and well-stocked procedure rooms. Video flexible sigmoidoscopy, colposcopy, obstetrical ultrasound and are used daily. Our Procedure Nurse facilitates patient scheduling and arranging for faculty supervision, improving the ease and quality of the experience.

Residents and Faculty of the Navy and Gold team clinics at work: