Emory University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

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Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

Rotations and Training Locations

Emory Preventive Medicine residents and fellows train and are educated within a large spectrum of health care, public health, educational, and other settings in metropolitan Atlanta and other areas of Georgia.  The spectrum of rotations and settings allows our residents and fellows to learn about public health and general preventive medicine through experiences that involve a variety of populations, public health and clinical problems, and methods.

Photo: Emory Preventive Medicine Resident/Fellow rotations at the Atlanta VA Medical Center are in quality improvement, infectious diseases, primary care, and other areas.

Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center

  • Infectious disease/primary care/hospital epidemiology/infection control:  Infectious Diseases Clinic
  • Quality improvement: VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Program
  • Telemedicine primary care: Veterans Affairs VISN 7 Atlanta Hub
  • Pharmacy clinical services: VA Pharmacy Clinical Services
  • Whole health system model/integrative medicine: VA Whole Health System
  • Older adult preventive/clinical long-term care: VA home-based primary care
  • Women's Health: VA Women's Health Center

VAMC website
Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rotations in selected program/topical concentrations such as:

  • Emergency preparedness and response
  • Heart disease and stroke prevention
  • Emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases
  • Opioid crisis
  • Cancer prevention and control
  • Health disparities
  • Global migration and quarantine
  • Public health policy
CDC website
CDC

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta*

Children's Hospital of Atlanta*

*Available to residents/fellows who already are board-certified or board-eligible pediatricians

  • Ambulatory urgent care
  • Primary care pediatrics
Children's website
CHOA

Georgia Department of Public Health

State and Local Public Health

  • Frontline/state public health practice: Georgia Department of Public Health central units
    • Chronic Disease Prevention section
    • Infectious Diseases/HIV
  • Frontline public health practice: DeKalb County Board of Health

GA Department of Health website

Other Organizations/Programs