Curriculum

Focus: Acute care and hospital-based medicine

• Sepsis, CHF, respiratory failure, DKA, stroke/TIA, GI bleed
• Radiology (CXR/EKG), billing/coding, health systems
• M&M conference
• GI and procedural workshops (e.g., IUD)

Focus: Comprehensive ambulatory medicine

• Reproductive and sexual health, endocrinology
• Cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, neurology
• Geriatrics, behavioral health
• Pediatrics, dermatology, musculoskeletal care
• Preventive care and chronic disease management

Focus: Academic growth and leadership

• Journal Club and quality improvement
• Population health, advocacy, health equity
• Board review
• Balint groups
• Leadership and health systems exposure

Focus: Hands-on training and experiential learning

• Office procedures (biopsies, injections, I&D, laceration repair)
• Simulation and POCUS
• OSCEs
• Team-based training and wellness activities

Community health is one of the pillars of our residency program, and we strive to integrate our residency into the community to provide consistent and lasting partnerships. Through direct experience working with local community organizations, our residents learn about the needs of our local community, as well as the roles in which physicians are uniquely suited to serve. Residents have worked with organizations such as: 

• Trenton Health Team, which promotes the health and well-being of the greater Trenton community.
• Homefront, an organization committed to ending homelessness.
• Family Connects NJ, which seeks to decrease maternal and infant morbidity and mortality by providing in-home postpartum services.

Beyond these organizational involvements, our residents also give community health lectures on topics such as healthy aging, provide free cancer screening services through our grant-collaborative Cancer Education and Early Detection (CEED) program, and get involved in local schools offering sports physicals and leading STEM and sports medicine workshops.

Care of older adults requires a longitudinal, patient-centered approach. Because aging occurs over time, residents are exposed to geriatric care throughout all three years of their training. Approximately 30% of our outpatient population is geriatric, providing robust continuity clinic experience in ambulatory primary care.
Residents further develop geriatrics skills through a dedicated four-week PGY-2 rotation that includes home visits and care in a skilled nursing facility. In addition, PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents participate in monthly geriatric rounds, caring for a panel of patients in a long-term care setting, reinforcing longitudinal and team-based care across the continuum.
 

With core faculty who are skilled and enthusiastic about a broad range of office-based procedures, residents gain hands-on experience performing procedures with direct supervision.
Commonly performed procedures include Pap testing and wet mounts, long-acting reversible contraception placement and removal, colposcopy, joint and trigger point injections, skin biopsies, abscess incision and drainage and toenail procedures.
Residents also receive training in abortion care and point-of-care ultrasound, further expanding their scope and confidence in outpatient practice. For those with osteopathic training, there are additional opportunities to incorporate osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) into patient care.
This strong procedural experience ensures graduates are prepared to provide comprehensive, full-spectrum care in a variety of practice settings.
 

Scholarship at Capital Health is designed to build the skills residents need to practice evidence-based, high-quality care throughout their careers. Residents actively engage in the critical evaluation of medical literature through a monthly journal club and participate in research and scholarly work throughout training. Dedicated time for learning, research, and professional development is built into evidence-based medicine and elective/experience blocks each year.
With close faculty mentorship, every resident completes a scholarly project, graduating with a peer-reviewed publication and/or presentation. Residents also lead meaningful quality improvement initiatives that directly impact patient care. Recent projects have focused on prediabetes screening, immunizations, home blood pressure monitoring, lead testing, postpartum depression screening, and pediatric fluoride care, highlighting the program’s commitment to community-centered care.
 

Click here to see a list of resident QI projects, presentations and publications.

Our longitudinal Health Systems Management curriculum prepares residents for the business and systems-based aspects of modern medical practice. Throughout their residency, trainees participate in meetings and leadership opportunities, gaining progressive exposure that evolves from foundational principles of practice management to broader health system operations, including hospital medicine, patient safety, and quality improvement.

Residents take on active leadership roles within the program, serving on committees such as Wellness, Recruitment, Program Evaluation, Community Outreach, and Curriculum Development. At the institutional level, they contribute to hospital-wide initiatives, including Rapid Response Team (RRT) and Sepsis committees.

Each resident culminates their experience by leading a scholarly or quality-focused project in areas such as patient safety, quality improvement, or population health, preparing them to be effective physician leaders within complex health care systems.
 

Our residents work with specialists directly in radiology, surgery, dermatology, rheumatology, weight loss clinic, wound care, pain management, and a local PACT team (psychiatric home visits). These collaborations are further reinforced through interdisciplinary teaching, with specialist faculty regularly participating in weekly didactic sessions. 

• First Prize, Quality Improvement Project – NJAFP FamMed Forum (2023)
• Multiple presentations at national conferences including Capital Health Primary Care Conference, NJAFP and STFM
• Ongoing scholarly work addressing health disparities, chronic disease outcomes, and population health

• October 2023

 Prediabetes Screening – A Quality Improvement Project
             Kapoor-Bhatt A., Carcia D.
             Poster Presentation, FMX Conference | Chicago, IL
             Poster Acceptance

•  September 2023

     Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Improves Hypertension Treatment
 Baradhi Garduno C., Kapoor-Bhatt A., Cross K., Mitchell M.
 Poster Presentation, STFM Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement | St. Louis, MO

• June 2023

 Prediabetes Screening – A Quality Improvement Project
 Effects of Social Determinants of Health on Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
 PRAPARE Social Risk Screening Tool and Association with Chronic Disease Outcomes
 Kapoor-Bhatt A.
 Family Medicine Research Symposium | Trenton, NJ

• May 2023

 Prediabetes Screening – A Quality Improvement Project
 Kapoor-Bhatt A., Carcia D.
 Poster Presentation, New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians (NJAFP) FamMed Forum | Atlantic City, NJ
 

• May 2023

 Anti–HMG-CoA Reductase Myopathy with Statin Use
     Poster Presentation, NJAFP FamMed Forum | Atlantic City, NJ

• March 2023

 Effects of Social Determinants of Health on Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
 Mitchell M., Kapoor-Bhatt A.
 Podium Presentation, 3rd Annual Capital Health Cancer Center Conference | Atlantic City, NJ

• June 2022

 Prediabetes Screening – A Quality Improvement Project
 COVID-19 Vaccine–Related Myocarditis in a Young Adolescent
 Kapoor-Bhatt A.
 Family Medicine Research Symposium | Trenton, NJ

• May 2022

 CADASIL: A Familial Stroke Syndrome Affecting Young Patients
 Poster Presentation, NJAFP FamMed Forum | Atlantic City, NJ
 

• July 2023

Should We Be Restricting Fluid for Sepsis-Induced Hypotension?
 Davenport A.
 FPIN’s GEMS of the Week, Family Physicians Inquiries Network

• April 2023

 Jumpstart Your Cardiovascular Health as Early as Childhood
 Baradhi Garduno C.
 FPIN’s GEMS of the Week, Family Physicians Inquiries Network

• March 2023

 PRAPARE Social Risk Screening Tool and Association with Chronic Disease Outcomes
 Kapoor A.
 FPIN’s GEMS of the Week, Family Physicians Inquiries Network

• December 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine–Related Myocarditis in a Young Adolescent
 Kapoor A., Fragoulias E., Martel E., Radhakrishnan P.
 New Jersey Pediatrics (Winter Edition)

Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticlesDhyani A., Diaz K., Herbst H., Stabile M., Shipkin R. Are GLP-1 agonists more effective than metformin at improving menstrual regularity in people with PCOS? Evidence-Based Practice. 2025.

Norville N, Stabile M, Amico J. What is the prevalence of stress urinary incontinence in female athletes? Evidence-Based Practice. 2020 June; 23(6): 14-15.

Mufti M, Stabile M, Amico J. What is the efficacy of donepezil in patients with Vascular Dementia? Evidence-Based Practice. 2019 Vol 22(12):31.

Womack J, Kropa J, Stabile M. Epistaxis: Outpatient Management. Am Fam Physician. 2018 Aug 15;98(4):240-245.

Womack J, Jimenez M. Common Questions about Infectious Mononucleosis. Am Fam Physician. 2015 Mar 15;91(6):372-376.

Jimenez M, Nordin T, Roemheld-Hamm B. Does exercise improve postpartum depression symptoms? Evidence-Based Practice. 2015; 18(1):13

National & Regional Conference Presentations (Stabile)

Family Medicine Education Consortium Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Sept 2024

• Elevating Medical Education through the Experience Month
• Fostering Community-Based and Interdisciplinary Care: Involving Family Medicine Residents in Postpartum Home Visit Services
• From Shelter to Stability: Fostering Family Medicine Continuity Through Community-Centered Care
• Improving Code Team Performance: Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice

Capital Health Cancer Conference, Atlantic City, NJ March 2023. Cancer Survivorship: Primary Care’s Role in the Journey
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference May 2021. Using Podcasting as a Format for Weekly Family Medicine Didactics: Expanding our Reach (Roundtable Discussion)