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DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE
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Resident Life
The Residency Training Program's primary goal is
to develop well-rounded physicians. The educational opportunities available allow
residents to reach their full potential as clinicians, and extracurricular activities
encourage continued development as individuals--as parents, spouses, artists, athletes,
etc.
Each July is dedicated to helping familiarize interns with their colleagues and with basic knowledge and procedural skills they will need throughout their residency. The schedule encompasses:
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Electronic Medical Record Training
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Clinics
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Simple skin biopsy and suture techniques
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Lectures in pharmacology, preventive health management and other commonly encountered problems in family medicine
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Introduction to practice management, flexible sigmoidoscopy, video otoscopy and colposcopy, among a variety of other topics.
ACLS and BLS certification is also offered during the first month (as well as before PGY-3), so interns enter the hospital in August feeling well prepared to face the year ahead.
The department sponsors several family activities during the year, including a New Resident Welcome Party, Holiday party and graduation banquet. There are other social and recreational events, such as the recent annual Spring karioke party and a canoeing trip down the Augusta Canal. Residents are regular participants in several sports leagues on campus and the Augusta area. The Augusta area itself has much to offer, including a river walk, public parks and nearby Thurmond Lake. Cultural events such as the ballet, opera, theater and symphony offer other leisure diversions.
Work hours vary depending on the specific rotation,
but vary from a six-day work week on inpatient services to regular weekday clinic hours
for outpatient rotations. Regardless of the rotation, residents normally receive at
least four days completely off during every month. Besides the MCG Hospital
cafeteria, pictured here, catered lunches are generally provided every weekday, with many
dinner opportunities available throughout the year.
Call also varies widely. During some intern inpatient rotations call may be as much as every fourth night. During most PGY-2 and PGY-3 rotations, call is limited to FMIS (Family Medicine Inpatient Service) call, which averages around three nights per month. Meal cards are given for while on call at MCG.
Moonlighting opportunities (for PGY-2 and PGY-3
residents who have passed USMLE (Step III) abound in local and in outlying
rural hospital emergency departments. Pay rates, availability of hours
and scheduling vary.
All residents are assigned an advisor who
meets with them at least monthly throughout their training, and supplies
friendship and guidance. Also, each new resident is assigned to an
upper-level resident who "knows the ropes" and supplies friendship and
guidance during the first year.
For those who are inclined, ample opportunities exist for political involvement in the medical field at local, state and national levels. Our residents have a history of participation and some have achieved prominence as members of national medical groups. This involvement is encouraged by the faculty, many of whom are similarly involved.
A homeless clinic, organized by the Family Medicine Student Interest
Group in 1989, is held weekly at the Salvation Army.
Our residents and faculty have maintained volunteer medical support since its
inception. Church and community organizations welcome the involvement of all.
Finally, the Department of Family Medicine maintains several active committees which seek resident involvement. These include the Residency Curriculum Committee and the Admissions and Recruitment Committee, both of which meet regularly throughout the year. The department presents an annual evening seminar for medical students to acquaint them with the interviewing and application process for the Match. Our department is fully integrated into the full four year medical school curriculum by providing required courses in each year. This includes a six week clerkship in the junior year as well as a required sub-internship and multiple electives in the fourth year. Residents have an opportunity to interact with students in the Family Medicine Center, the hospital and at the homeless clinic all of which allows for a great deal of teaching by our residents as well as the chance to mentor students interested in patient and family centered care.