Training Sites
Ghent Family Medicine uses tertiary as well
as community hospitals to implement its curriculum.
Rotations through the various area hospitals are based on
meeting specific educational objectives.
 Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
The principal EVMS teaching hospital
for family medicine and other specialty training programs. Located near
Fairfax Hall in Eastern Virginia Medical Center, it has 800 beds and is
the largest community-owned, non-profit hospital in Virginia. It offers
a variety of medical services including open-heart surgery, renal
transplant, burn/trauma care, microvascular surgery, an in vitro
fertilization program and a center for eating disorders. There are
dedicated floors for primary care specialties such as Family Medicine
and internal medicine. Here, family medicine residents learn skills
required in a hospital setting to manage acute and critically ill
patients and develop an appreciation for the relationship between
primary-care physicians and consultants.
 Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
A 144-bed pediatric hospital offering a
wide range of specialized pediatric care. Located in the medical center,
CHKD is a pediatric referral center that also includes a large
ambulatory care center. Family Medicine residents receive inpatient
training at CHKD alongside pediatric residents. A number of pediatric
electives are available to family medicine residents.
 Sentara Leigh Hospital
A community-based hospital serving Norfolk, Virginia
Beach and Chesapeake. Here, Family Medicine residents gain experience in
unopposed gastroenterology
and emergency medicine.
 Veterans Administration Medical Center,
Hampton
A key training site for undergraduate
and graduate medical education at EVMS, all of its medical staff are
full-time faculty. It provides a combination of ambulatory and inpatient
training experiences. Our residents rotate on Internal Medicine and
unopposed Surgery during their intern year.
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