About the Program
Rotations and Clinics
Residents complete a variety of clinical, public health and population-based rotations throughout their training. Many experiences take place at UMMC, while partnerships with community organizations, government agencies, and other health care organizations provide additional opportunities to develop the skills needed for the practice of public health and general preventive medicine.
These experiences provide residents with opportunities to work with diverse patient populations, communities, health systems and public health organizations. Required and elective rotations are designed to complement the residency curriculum and allow residents to develop skills in clinical preventive medicine, public health practice, population health, health systems and other areas of professional interest.
Required Clinical Experiences
Federally Qualified Health Center
Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center
The goal of this rotation is for residents to develop skills that enable them to function effectively as members of a multidisciplinary health care team while providing preventive and primary care services to an underserved population.
- Supervisor: Debra Rice, MD (Director, Preventive Medicine)
UMMC Primary Care
The goal of this rotation is to develop skills in the diagnosis and management of medical conditions in the outpatient primary care setting and in providing recommended clinical preventive services and counseling to primary care patients.
- Supervisor: Shannon Pittman, MD (Chair, Department of Family Medicine; Professor, School of Medicine)
G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center
G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center
This comprehensive experience provides residents with opportunities to develop skills in preventive and primary care, behavioral health modification, tobacco cessation, obesity prevention and management, and occupational medicine.
- Supervisors: Andree Burnett, MD (Director, Primary Care); Randy Burke, PhD (Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry); and Charles Morris, MD, MPH (Director, Occupational Medicine)
Student and Employee Health
The goal of this rotation is to develop skills in occupational health and preventive care through the evaluation and management of health needs among employees and students.
- Supervisor: Brian Williams, MD, MPH (Preventive Medicine Residency Director; Medical Director of Student and Employee Health; Associate Professor of School of Population Health)
Required Non-Clinical Experiences
Community Health
The goal of this experience is to develop skills in assessing the health needs of a community and planning, implementing and evaluating efforts to address identified needs.
Comprehensive Public Health
Mississippi State Department of Health
The goal of this rotation is for residents to develop the skills needed to function effectively as public health physicians and gain an understanding of the roles and activities of state, regional and local health departments.
- Supervisor: Anna Kathryn Lambert, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacy Director and Director of Academic Affairs)
Emergency Preparedness
The goal of this experience is to develop skills in planning for and responding to public health emergencies and disasters.
- Supervisor: Michael "Brett" Marlin, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Co-Director, Division of Medical Toxicology)
Employee Wellness
The goal of this rotation is to understand how employee wellness programs can be designed and implemented to improve the health of a population of workers.
- Supervisor: Josie H. Bidwell, DNP, RN, FNP-C, DipACLM, FACLM (Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Director, Office of Well-being)
SOPH Health Policy Fellowship
Center for Mississippi Health Policy
The goal of this rotation is to develop skills in assessing and developing health policy and participating in related advocacy activities.
- Supervisors: Mitchell Adcock (Executive Director) and Fazlay Faruque, PhD (Professor, School of Population Health)
Health Systems Management and Administration
The goal of this rotation is to develop an understanding of fundamental approaches to health systems management and administration, including organizational structure, management, communication, and human resources in large health care and public health organizations.
- Supervisor: Joshua Mann, MD, MPH (Professor and Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine)
Tobacco Cessation
The goal of this rotation is to understand and apply the key components of effective tobacco cessation programs.
- Supervisor: Jonathan Hontzas, DNP, NP-C, TTS (Director, Act Center and Lung Cancer Screening Services)
Elective Rotations
During the PGY-3 year, residents have three months available for elective rotations that can be tailored to their professional interests and career goals. With approval from the program director, residents may expand on an existing rotation, develop an individualized rotation to meet a specific professional need, or participate in an established elective opportunity.
Elective opportunities may include:
Health Policy
Mississippi Public Health Association
The goal of this rotation is to develop skills in assessing and developing health policy and participating in advocacy activities from a public health perspective.
- Supervisor: Lydia West, MPH, RDN, LD, SLS (Executive Director, Mississippi Public Health Association)
Travel Medicine/Outpatient Infectious Disease
The goal of this rotation is to develop an understanding of travel medicine, common and unusual infectious diseases, and key concepts in HIV and sexually transmitted infection medicine.
- Supervisor: Thomas Dobbs, MD, MPH (Dean, School of Population Health)
External Rotations
Residents may apply for external rotations that provide opportunities to develop expertise in additional areas of interest, such as pharmacovigilance, health communications or national public health policy. Participation is subject to program approval, availability of funding and acceptance by the external rotation site.