Department of Family Medicine - Residency Program

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MCG Family Medicine Residency Program

Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in the Family Medicine Residency training program at the Medical College of Georgia. 

Choosing a residency program is one of the most important decisions of your medical career. A broad base of knowledge and clinical skills are required by the discipline. Our family medicine residency program offers the opportunity for the new physician to further develop his or her medical knowledge and  skills in a variety of areas.

We also have an outstanding faculty whose varied interests allow residents to participate in patient and family centered care in several areas of special interest including geriatrics, sports medicine, rural medicine, office based research, health services research, electronic medical informatics, medical telecommunications, behavioral medicine, office laboratories, pharmacokinetics, health promotion, faculty development and advanced procedural skills development. We are proud of our program and confident that it provides an excellent opportunity for residents to receive superior postgraduate education in a community-oriented setting and to deliver patient and family centered care.

Joseph Hobbs, M.D.
Professor, Department of Family Medicine
GAFPs' J.W. Tollison, M.D., Distinguished Chair

The Medical College of Georgia Family Medicine Residency Program was established in 1973 and is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The three-year program includes a variety of clinical rotations which help to establish the broad base of knowledge needed to practice family medicine.

In addition to the fully equipped Family Medicine Center where residents treat patients in continuity, residents rotate through the main teaching hospital at the Medical College of Georgia and at our affiliate, University Hospital. Three rural satellite clinics are staffed entirely by our residents and faculty and provide insight into the unique problems encountered in rural health care. These patient resources, the Family Medicine Consult Services and the resources offered by the Medical College of Georgia provide excellent resident training.

We participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) which transmits residency applications, letters of recommendations, Dean's letters, transcripts and other supporting credentials to residency program directors via the Internet. The ERAS website is http://www.aamc.org/about/progemph/eras.

We encourage you to visit our department and learn more about the advantages and opportunities our residency program offers. If you are interested in speaking with a representative from the program, please call our Program Coordinator, Julie Hammond-Hixon, at 1-800-729-3157 or (706) 721-3157. You can also email  our program for more information via an online request form. 

Paul D. Forney, M.D.
Associate Professor and Vice Chairman
Director, Resident Educational Programs

Ann Butler, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Resident Educational Programs

Julie Dahl-Smith, D.O.
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Resident Educational Programs                    Director, Medical Education for Osteopathic Internship and Residency Programs
 

Julie Hammond-Hixon
Coordinator, Residency Training Program

MCG Family Medicine | Medical College of Georgia

Please email comments, suggestions or questions to:
Tonia Story, residency@mcg.edu
August 27, 2007