Resident Continuity Clinic
Martin Luther King Community Clinic

We are aware of the uniqueness of combined training and strive to provide opportunities in which training is done in a combined internal medicine and pediatric setting. The continuity clinic experience is in such a setting. Situated at the Martin Luther King Community Health Center, a part of the Harris County Hospital District, this community clinic serves a medically indigent population of all ages. The Martin Luther King Community Health Center is conveniently located near the Texas Medical Center in the Quentin Mease Hospital Building.

Beginning in the first year, clinic becomes an integral part of training, as it is the only true setting in which residents will be able to establish continuity of care for a select group of patients for the entire four years. This primary care experience introduces residents to everything from well child and adult preventative care to the initial diagnosis of both common and complex medical problems as well as the outpatient management of acute and chronic illness. Preventative adult and pediatric health care, including women's health and some ambulatory procedures are stressed. The clinic is supervised by Baylor Faculty trained in combined medicine-pediatrics. Each resident spends one half day a week in the clinic. Prior to each clinic session, residents and faculty attend and participate in clinic conferences covering primary care topics of both disciplines. The clinic provides an atmosphere where the resident physician can provide comprehensive care. Ancillary medical services available to patients at the Martin Luther King Health Center include but are not limited to laboratory, electrocardiography, radiology, social work, diabetic education, physical and occupational therapy, optometry, podiatry, nutrition counseling, and smoking cessation. While in continuity clinic residents are "protected" from their hospital duties. Residents are evaluated quarterly in clinic. All patient visits are kept in an extensive database.  This has provided us with the opportunity to review each resident's experience to make certain that they see an equal number of adult and pediatric patients, that they see patients representing all age groups and that they see a high volume of common primary care problems.