Curriculum

Full Circle Health Nampa is designed to prepare residents for practice in any setting, and particularly for full-spectrum care for rural and under-resourced communities. We offer broad-scope, procedural training with a balanced emphasis on inpatient, obstetrics and outpatient care. FCH Nampa is sponsored by Full Circle Health, an institution with 40+ years of expertise in family medicine resident education. Our program offers a vibrant learning platform that is intimate and innovative. Our faculty are passionate about training excellent physicians by creating a trusting environment for our patients in a well-established teaching health center/FQHC. We are excited to achieve osteopathic recognition and enjoy incorporating osteopathic care into our clinic care. 

We are supported by St. Luke’s Nampa where residents complete most of their inpatient rotations. Inpatient medicine is scheduled by week alternating with outpatient time, allowing for concentrating inpatient and outpatient experiences, improving continuity of care. Residents are able to customize their education with away and rural rotations to learn how to meet the needs of their future communities. This flexibility in training is critical in building well-rounded, fulfilled physicians. Sub-intern rotations are offered at our program to enhance the learning experience.

Curriculum Details

Locations Legend: SLN = St. Luke’s Nampa | SLRMC = St. Luke’s Boise | FCH = Full Circle Health

PGY-1 Nampa Full Circle Health 1-2 half days of clinic per week

RotationWeeksLocation
Family Medicine2-3SLN
Adult Medicine8-9SLN
Pediatric Inpatient / Newborn6SLRMC / SLN
Obstetrics8SLN
Clinic / Behavioral Health4FCH
Sports Medicine / Gynecology2Community
Surgery / Procedures4SLN
Outpatient Pediatrics6Community
Geriatrics4Community
Rural2Idaho

PGY-2 Nampa Full Circle Health 2-3 half days of clinic per week

RotationWeeksLocation
Family Medicine4SLN
Adult Medicine4-5SLN
Obstetrics4-6SLN
Behavioral Health2FCH / Community
Family Medicine Clinic2FCH Nampa Clinic
Sports Medicine / Gynecology2Community
NICU2SLN
Night Float4-5SLN
Specialty Selective6-7Community
Emergency Medicine4SLN
Electives6-8Varies
Rural4Idaho

PGY-3 Nampa Full Circle Health (Can OB Track) 2-5 half days of clinic per week

RotationWeeksLocation
Family Medicine2SLN
Adult Medicine8-10SLN
Clinic / Behavioral Health4FCH / Community
Obstetrics (can track)8 or 0SLN
Night Float4SLN
Sports Medicine2Community
Pediatrics Inpatient / Outpatient4SLN / Community
Emergency Medicine4SLN
Electives6-10Varies
Rural4Idaho

Highlighted Curricular Strengths

Our goal is to prepare you to meet the needs of rural and under-resourced communities.  Your training will be grounded in a robust continuity clinic experience in an FQHC/PCMH, Full Circle Health.  The majority of our inpatient rotations are in the St. Luke’s Nampa Hospital – an 87 bed hospital in Canyon County built in 2017 to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population. Inpatient medicine rotations alternate weekly with outpatient rotations to allow concentrated learning experiences in each location while maintaining continuity.  In the 2nd and 3rd years, many rotations are 2 weeks long. This preserves your ability to think across the spectrum of medicine and increases energy and engagement. Continuity clinic ranges from 2-5 half days a week depending on the rotation.

Rotations

Family Medicine

As a resident, you will work one-on-one with a faculty preceptor throughout the hospital caring for our clinic patients in OB, newborn, and adult services, including the ICU.  This is family medicine across the spectrum. Two days a week you will staff our interdisciplinary hospital follow-up clinic, ensuring close follow-up and continuity for our sickest patients. Nights are covered by night float. R1 and R3 year – 2 weeks, R2 year – 4 weeks

Internal Medicine

We work with internal medicine and family medicine hospitalists to provide inpatient and ICU care. The resident team consists of three residents, one from each year, working together for a week straight. This is a fast-paced service with high quality, evidenced based practices. Nights are covered by night Float. R1 and R3 year – 8 weeks, R2 year – 4 weeks

Obstetrics

Work with laborists running a busy L+D deck.  As the unopposed family medicine residents on call, you will be managing the service including delivering babies, managing labors, assisting with C-sections, and staffing triage patients.  Half of our delivery suites have imbedded NICU suites allowing care of the family unit. When not on the labor deck, you will work in our own Nampa OB Clinic and outpatient MFM Clinic. Call is 24 hour shifts every 3-4 nights. R1 – 8 weeks, R2 – 4-6 weeks, R3 – if tracking into OB: 8 weeks

Pediatrics

We are fortunate to have a regional children’s hospital close by in Boise.  You will work with the Full Circle Health pediatric team, St. Luke’s hospitalists and residents from FCH Pediatric residency and Family Medicine residents from Boise, Magic Valley, Caldwell and ISU-Pocatello to learn in-patient pediatric medicine. You will also spend dedicated time in Nampa on our newborn service, taking care of all babies born in the hospital that week R1 year – 8 weeks, R3 year – up to 4 weeks For outpatient peds you will work local pediatricians and specialists, including school-based clinics. R1 year – 6 weeks, R2 and R3 – additional opportunities during specialty selective The Nampa NICU rotation allows the resident to practice neonatal care and effective neonatal resuscitation. This 2-week rotation includes rounding with the NICU team and attending all newborn resuscitations. R2 year – 2 weeks

Surgery and Procedural Medicine

Our surgeons are excited to work with you in the OR and in their clinic to learn the basics of assisting and the work up of the surgical patient. You will also spend time with anesthesia learning intubations and with your family medicine faculty in procedure and scopes clinic R1 year – 4 weeks  If you are interested in purchasing a Butterfly ultrasound probe, the residency will help cover the cost of the probe. We can track residents into longitudinal scope training and longitudinal vasectomy training if you are interested in becoming proficient in these procedures.

Emergency Medicine

Our hospital has a very busy ED staffed by Emergency physicians who are engaged in teaching. We see a high percentage of children in our ED given the average age of our population in Canyon County. You will also do additional pediatric focused ER shifts during outpatient rotations. R2 and R3 – 4 weeks

Night Float

On Night Float, you will cover the two teachings services overnight (FMS and inpatient medicine). This includes cross-cover pages, admissions, and OB coverage for FCH patients and emergency c-sections if no OB resident is on overnight. R2 and R3 years – 4 weeks

Behavioral Health

This curriculum teaches behavioral health integrated into the clinic and community. You will work with psychologists, psychiatrists and MSWs. 2 weeks each year and longitudinal

Gynecology

Work with our health department, local gynecologists, Planned Parenthood (optional involvement) and a specialty clinic within our practice staffed by a local OB-GYN. 2 weeks in R1 and R2 year and longitudinal

Subspecialty – including Sports Medicine, Gynecology, Geriatrics

Sports Medicine: A variety of half days including working with an FM-SM fellowship trained physician in our own clinic focusing on ultrasound-guided procedures, as well as sports medicine and orthopedic physicians in the community. You will attend sporting events and help with community physicals. Longitudinal  Gynecology: A variety of half days with local gynecologists, and a specialty clinic within our practice staffed by a local OB-GYN. Longitudinal Subspeciality: A variety of half days with adult subspecialists based on your preferences Longitudinal Geriatrics: You will see geriatric patients longitudinally including multiple settings, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home visits and you will work with geriatricians in our own clinic. Longitudinal. Scopes: If you are interested in being proficient in primary care endoscopy, you can opt into a longitudinal scoping track to ensure you get sufficient experience Longitudinal

Rural Medicine

It is hard to learn medicine if you do not go out and try on your skill set. Doing a rural rotation allows you to see what rural medicine is like, see some of this beautiful state and experience the breadth of family medicine.  We send you out into the rural communities of Idaho for R1 year – 2 weeks, R2 and R3 years – 4 weeks

Electives

These allow you to gain more knowledge in ways that help you grow and prepare you for your future practice.  You have 4 weeks in R2 and R3 year that can be spent away from the program, either for international or job preparation rotations. R2 years – 6-9 weeks, R3 year 6-10 weeks

Community Medicine

Longitudinally spread through your three years.  You will be paired with a community organization to develop a project based on the needs of the community and organization that aligns with your interests needs of the organization. Look under the community tab for a list of the organizations with which we are currently partnering. 1 half day a block throughout residency

Clinical Locations

At St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, the only children’s hospital in Idaho, more than 150 skilled pediatricians and pediatric specialists work with referring physicians from around the region to provide high quality care. They have a staff of over 400 nurses, therapists, and other dedicated pediatric caregivers.

All children should have access to the highest quality health care services available, regardless of their condition or their family’s ability to pay. Like all children’s hospitals, St. Luke’s is committed to high quality, cost-effective clinical care, advocacy for children and families, education, and research.

Location & Contact Info

190 E. Bannock St.

Boise, ID 83712

208-706-KIDS (5437)

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Our Family Medicine Residency training program is dedicated to becoming your patient centered medical home.  We provide excellent patient care along with offering superb clinical training for medical residents who are becoming Family Medicine Physicians.  At Full Circle Health you will be cared for by a medical team consisting of a physician and a resident physician who will be your primary care providers in conjunction with a mid-level provider (PA, NP, and CNM), psychologist, dietician, clinical pharmacist, community health workers, and care managers.  We are a tight-knit team that enjoys teaching and caring for those that need us.

Location & Contact Info:

Full Circle Health – Nampa South
215 East Hawaii Avenue, Suite #260
Nampa, ID 83686
208-514-2529
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Located in the campus of the St. Luke’s Nampa Medical Center, this clinic will be where half of each residency class will experience their continuity panel. Fellows will have continuity clinic here as well. Both residents and fellows will have access to an inter-professional team including pharmacists, psychologists, dieticians, and community health workers.

St. Luke’s Nampa Medical Center demonstrates their commitment to the city of Nampa and the growing population of Canyon County. The new 87-bed hospital offers a fully equipped emergency department, family suites for new mothers and their babies, a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), children’s services with outpatient sub-specialists, additional heart and orthopedics services, and an intensive care unit.

Location & Contact Info:

Full Circle Health – Nampa North
9850 W St Lukes Dr., Suite #329
Nampa, ID 83687
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Scholarly Activity

The Nampa Residency is an active member of the ITHS WWAMI Region Practice and Research Network.

Recent Scholarly Activity Highlights from the Nampa Residency Faculty and Residents:

    • Holmes, R., Cooperrider, J. & Florence, J. (2025). The Nerve of it All: Solving a Deep-Seated Leg Pain Mystery. Poster presentation at AMSSM Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.
    • Bockelie, S. (2024). El impacto de naloxona accesible y gratuito en las comunidades de Idaho: un proyecto comunitario en progreso [Impact of low-barrier naloxone on communities in Idaho: a community project in progress]. Poster presentation at I Congreso Internacional de Egresados, II Asemblea Internacional de la SMI-ELAM, Havana, Cuba.
    • Holmes, R., Florence, J. & Cooperrider, J. (2004). A Not-So-Humerus Cause of Post-Traumatic Shoulder Pain: A Case Report. Poster presentation at AMSSM Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.
    • Johnson, A., Bennett, K., Verrall, A., Deloya, E., Linares, A., Ramsbottom, M., Santos, J., Cochrane, B., Vitiello, M., Phelan, E. & Cole, A. Improving age-friendly advance care planning in primary care: Outcome from a Pacific Northwest learning collaborative. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19033

    • Holmes, R., Florence, J., & Cooperrider, J.
      (April, 2024). A Not-so-Humerus Cause of Poast-Traumatic Shoulder Pain: A
      Case Report. Poster presentation at AMSSM Annual Conference –
      Baltimore, Maryland.
    • “Scholarship, Don’t Call it Research”; Sarah Cole, Kristina Diaz, and Kim Stutzman (March 26, 2024) Residency Leadership Summit.
    • “Congratulations! You are a New Program Director”; Kim Stutzman, Kristina Diaz, and Deborah Clements (March 4, 2023; March 25, 2024) Residency Leadership Summit.
    • Wei, A., Waterman, S., Motanic, K. (December 2023).
      Comparing screening for gestational diabetes mellitus, does the
      one-step or two-step approach lead to improved maternal and newborn
      outcomes? HelpDesk Answers, Evidence Based Practice Volume 26 Number 12.
    • Johnson, A., Cole, A., Linares, A., Bojkov, E., King, I.,
      Hannon, P. (November 2023). Assessing and Addressing Social
      Determinants of Health in Healthcare Settings in the Northwest United
      States. Oral Presentation at NAPCRG. San Franscico, CA.
    • King, I. & Carr, G. (October
      2023). Implementation of an Interprofessional Case Conference to Improve
      Patient Care and Teamwork. Oral presentation at CFA Annual Conference.
      Phoenix, AZ.
    • Crouch, R. & King, I.
      (September 2023). Standardized Behavioral Health Intervention as Routine
      part of Prenatal Care. Oral presentation at STFM CQI. St. Louis, MO.
    • Laskow, B., King, I., & Carr, G. (September
      2023). Interprofessional Clinic to Improve Access and Education for
      Gender Affirming Care, Opioid Use Disorder, PrEP, and Hep C. Oral
      presentation at STFM CQI. St. Louis, MO.
    • Johnson, D. (October, 2022). Charlas de Salud:
      Community Conversations for Migrant Farmworkers. Poster Presentation at
      the 17th Annual Latino Health Forum, Seattle, WA.
    • Laskow B. & Celestino R. (May, 2022). Bridging
      the Health Equity Gap: Solutions for the Latinx Community. Presentation
      at the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians 2022 Conference. Sun Valley,
      ID.
    • King I. (May 2022).  Resident and Faculty
      Perception of Programmatic Wellness Assessment and Culture. Poster
      presentation at Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Spring
      Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
    • Ho T., Laskow B., & Zaballa A. (May, 2022).
      Antiracism Curriculum in Family Medicine Residency-Does it Exist? Oral
      presentation Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Spring Conference.
      Indianapolis, IN.
    • Weidner A, McGuire M, Stutzman K, Glass J, Stevens
      NG. The Interests of Family Medicine Residents in Future Faculty
      Positions Across the Senior Year. Journal of Medical Education and
      Curricular Development. January 2021. doi:10.1177/23821205211059667
    • Griesbach S, Theobald M, Kolman K, Stutzman K, et
      al. Joint Guidelines for Protected Nonclinical Time for Faculty in
      Family Medicine Residency Programs. Fam Med. 2021;53(6):443-452. https://doi.org/10.22454/FamMed.2021.506206.
    • Rue K, Stutzman K, Chadek M, “The Value of Osteopathic Recognition”, Annals of Family Medicine. January 2021, 19 (1) 86-87; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2663
    • Griffin, A. (April, 2021). Healthcare for the
      migrant family: Challenges and future directions. Poster presentation at
      University of Washington Department of Family Medicine Regional
      Conference.
    • Subramanyam, S. (April, 2021). Establishing a
      school-based clinic for a rural and underserved population in Idaho.
      Poster presentation at University of Washington Department of Family
      Medicine Regional Conference.
    • Subramanyam, S. (October, 2020). COVID-19 and
      ethnicity in a mixed rural-urban setting in southwest Idaho. Poster
      presentation at Family Medicine Experience Conference.
    • Longley, E., Angel, J., & Davies, D. (2020). In
      women with prelabor rupture of membranes at term, is oxytocin more
      effective than misoprostol in preventing chorioamnionitis? HelpDesk
      Answers, Evidence-Based Practice.
    • Stutzman, K. & King, I. (May, 2020). Connecting Family Medicine Residents with their Community. Oral presentation at STFM annual conference.
    • Kern, J., Waterman, S., Henderson, J. (March 2020).
      Does early integration of palliative care services improve outcomes for
      patients with advanced cancer over usual care? HelpDesk Answers,
      Evidence-Based Practice
    • Stutzman K, Karpen R, Naidoo P, Toevs SE, Weidner
      A, Baker E, & Schmitz D. (2020). Support for rural practice: female
      physicians and the life-career interface. Rural Remote Health, 20(1).
      doi: 10.22605/RRH5341.
    • Fisher, A., Argyle, A., Keefer, A., King, I.,
      Lowther, D., & Tivis, R. (2019). Veteran and learner outcomes of 
      interprofessional trainee-led group medical visits. Journal of
      Interprofessional Education & Practice, 18. doi:
      10.1016/j.xjep.2019.100292
    • Fisher, A., King , I., Smith, C. (October, 2019).
      Everyone is a Teacher: Multi-Site Feasibility Study of a Clinic-Based
      Interprofessional Assessment Tool. Presentation at the Collaborating
      Across Borders VII Conference. Indianapolis, ID.
    • Stutzman, K. & Schmitz, D. (2015, 2016, 2017,
      2018, 2019). Patient- and Community-Centered Care in the Rural
      Landscape: Is It Great to Be a Small-Town Doc? Presentations at AAFP
      National Conference for Medical Students and Residents
    • Weppner, W., Tivis, R., Naidoo, S., Inouye, L. Krug, M., & King, I.
      (May, 2019).  Interprofessional Quality Improvement Projects: Using QI
      principles to develop a robust QI curriculum.  Poster presentation at
      the National conference for the Society for General Internal Medicine.
      Washington D.C.