Hamilton College Students Shadow SEMC Resident Physicians

Hamilton College student, Emily Chan, listens to the heartbeat of patient Michael Toscano as Troy Slover, MD, observes at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.

UTICA, N.Y. – Five Hamilton College students interested in health careers spent last week shadowing physicians in the St. Elizabeth Family Medicine Residency Program. This is the eleventh consecutive year for the program entitled “A Week in the Life of a Family Medicine Resident.” Students participating were Milinda Ajawara, Emily Chan, Sarah Macy Lawler, YingBin Mei and Tshering Sherpa.

The students’ days began at 7 a.m. with morning meeting, during which residents and medical students gathered for presentations on a variety of medical conditions and case studies. From 8 a.m. until late afternoon they shadowed residents in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN and Pediatrics at St. Elizabeth and Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare, or one of several satellite offices nearby.

Residency is a critical three-to-seven-year period (depending on the specialty) of medical education during which recent medical school graduates begin to officially practice medicine on their own.

Students saw a wide range of patients in the family medicine offices – from babies to geriatric patients.

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Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center are affiliates under the Mohawk Valley Health System.