Department of Family Medicine - Residency Program

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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA HOSPITAL AND CLINICS

The Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics are the central focus of the residency training program. The 520-bed teaching hospital and the expansive patient population provide broad educational exposure. A wide range of pathological processes are regularly encountered in a teaching institution. Residents have ample opportunity to care for patients with common problems as well as, allowing them to develop as well-rounded and experienced clinicians.  Many of the outpatient rotations are housed in the Ambulatory Care Center.

MCG CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER (CMC)

A vital source to the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics is the 149-bed MCG Children's Medical Center.

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 

University Hospital is a teaching site for rotations in the pediatric emergency room and obstetrics/gynecology. The newly renovated building is located just about a block from the Family Medicine Center. The hospital has more than 612 beds and is a combined private and county hospital.  Moonlighting opportunities exist for residents to serve as in-house first-call physicians for codes.

GEORGIA WAR VETERANS NURSING HOME

The Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home is a distinctive structure located directly across from the Medical College of Georgia Hospital. It houses more than 188 Georgia veterans who receive inpatient medical care, when necessary, at the nearby Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where residents treat an average of 12 geriatric patients who require long-term skilled care. The nursing support is exceptional and the facility is directed by a family physician.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION (DOWNTOWN DIVISION)

This 165-bed VA hospital is located immediately adjacent to the MCG Hospital.  Here residents rotate through general and outpatient surgery.  The hospital is largely staffed by residents and faculty from MCG.

WINN ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL- FORT STEWART, GEORGIA

Winn Army Community Hospital in Fort Stewart, Georgia, is located near Hinesville, Georgia, west of Savannah and about 150 miles south of Augusta.  Interns spend one month of obstetrical training there.  During that month, interns average around 30 deliveries as well as managing the Labor and Delivery suite and post-partum care, assisting on cesarean sections, and performing circumcisions.

SATILLA REGIONAL
FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Satilla Regional Family Medicine Residency Program
A sister residency program with emphasis on rural Family Medicine.  Residents matching there spend their intern year at MCG with MCG Family Medicine residents, then spend their PGY-2 and PGY-3 in Waycross, focusing on the special attributes, challenges and benefits of rural primary care.
 

MCG Family Medicine | Medical College of Georgia

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