Family Medicine Residency

The Family Medicine Program at Garnet Health Medical Center follows a 4-week rotation system.  Before the transition of each rotation, the FM residents meet as a group with the Program Director and Coordinator to discuss each individual residents upcoming block while getting peer feedback and insight.

PGY 1

• Behavioral Health
• Cardiology (2 weeks)
• Child Health and Development
• Emergency Medicine
• General Surgery
• ICU
• Inpatient Medicine (2 Months)
• Night Float (One month spilt within 2 Blocks)
• Obstetrician
• Pediatric Inpatient
• Pediatric Outpatient
• Radiology (2 weeks)
• Research
• Urgent Care

PGY 2

• Behavioral Health
• Dermatology
• Elective
• Emergency Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Inpatient Medicine (2 Months)
• Medicine Elective (2 Months: Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology, etc)
• Night Float (2 Weeks)
• Orthopedics
• Pediatric Inpatient
• Pediatric Outpatient
• Urgent Care

PGY 3

• Elective (3 Months)
• ENT
• Inpatient Medicine
• Obstetrician/ Gynecology
• Ophthalmology (2 weeks)
• Palliative
• Pediatric Outpatient
• Population Health (2 weeks)
• Research
• Sports Medicine
• Urgent Care

Incorporating Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine into the hospital and as part of patient’s regular treatment has been a strong push of the residency program. Inpatient rounding with Family Medicine Physicians aims to treat patients on hospital floors where OMM can prove beneficial to their healing process.

The integration of OMM into Garnet Health Medical Center’s treatment plans has resulted in a resident-run outpatient OMM clinic, located in Garnet Health Medical Center’s Outpatient Building. This resident-run clinic is ever increasing with referrals, so much so that it has established continuity with patients and has had to incorporate residents from other specialties. Mental Health and Psychiatry screenings have become a vital part of the treatment plans that the OMM clinic has to offer.

Resident Physicians have grown to become indispensable members of the surrounding community. Family Medicine Residents are required to be active and involved in two community outreach events a year. These include:

• Health fairs
• Blood pressure screenings
• Any events put on by the hospital or their continuity clinics

As a program, we want the community to know that we are striving to care for their health and wellness in every way possible.

Family Medicine residents can choose from a variety of electives.  Residents can choose from the list below, repeat a regularly scheduled rotation or request a new elective to meet their individual needs or preferences.

• Allergy
• Anesthesia
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology/Oncology
• International Medical Trip
• Rheumatology
• Urgent Care

Garnet Health Medical Center has very limited spaces open for 4-week auditions for fourth year medical students. Interested students need to complete an audition application form.

Return your completed form via email along with a CV, a photo ID, and COMLEX score transcripts. For more information please contact the Family Medicine Program.

Thank you for your consideration of our Family Medicine Residency Program! If you have questions about the program, please contact Emilia Martinez, Residency Program Coordinator: emartinez3@garnethealth.org

The Family Medicine Residency Program will be involved in both the AOA/NMS and the ACGME/NRMP matches. Applications will only be accepted through the AAMC Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).  Please be sure to upload the following documentation onto your ERAS profile:

• • Curriculum Vitae
  • Personal Statement (why are you choosing Family Medicine?)
  • Dean’s Letter
  • Official Medical School Transcript
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • COMLEX scores, Level 1, Level 2 CE, and Level 2 PE, or USMLE, Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS.

Interview days are scheduled on Fridays from October through January.

The Family Medicine Program Coordinator will contact all applicants via ERAS who have been accepted for Interviews.  Interviews will then be scheduled through a separate software link which the Coordinator will send.  This will allow applicants to schedule their interview on a day that works best for them.  If the need to move your interview to another day arises, you can do so on your own through this same software link.

The interview day will begin with touring the facility and meeting the Coordinator.  Then, each interviewee will have a one-on-one interview with the Program Director.  At the end of each day, there will be some residents at a local restaurant to meet for dinner and enjoy discussion in an informal setting.

Apply with ERAS

For a Family Medicine three year program:

PGY-1

• Yearly Salary:  $62,885.00
• Stipends:
  • $750.00 educational stipend
  • $1,500.00 food stipend
  • 2 lab coats
  • One time reimbursement for COMLEX-3 exam or USMLE Step 3
  • TrueLearn Question Bank for COMLEX
• Paid Time Off: 20 days-does not roll over to next academic year

PGY-2

• Yearly Salary:  $65,086.00
• Stipends:
  • $750.00 educational stipend
  • $1,500.00 food stipend
  • 1 lab coat
  • Board Review Question Bank
• Paid Time Off: 20 days-does not roll over to next academic year

PGY-3

• Yearly Salary:  $76,545.00
• Stipends:
  • $1,500.00 education stipend
  • $1,500.00 food stipend
  • 1 lab coat
  • Board Review Question Bank
• Paid Time Off: 20 days, Board Exam Testing Day

Benefits:

Residents/Interns will be able to enroll, if they choose to, in the health insurance plan offered by the hospital at orientation and on an annual basis in accordance with the system’s enrollment period. Health Insurance Premiums are the Resident’s responsibility.  Residents/Interns can also choose to enroll in the hospitals 403-b retirement program as hospital employees.

Educational Stipend:*

First and Second year Residents will be allotted $750.00 per academic year for a 3-year program to be used towards conferences, books, and/or other items related to professional development, (i.e., PDA's, software, stethoscopes, etc.).  Additionally these monies may be used for required programmatic dues such as AOA/ACGME membership. These monies DO NOT accumulate or roll over to the next academic year.

Third year Residents in their final year of residency are allotted $1,500.00 which is designated for board application fees, including travel, and/or a national conference besides any other educational expenses.

COMLEX-3/USMLE Step 3:

ORMC will reimburse the payment of your COMLEX Level 3 exam or USMLE Step 3, provided that you pass the exam.  If you do not pass the exam, your exam will not be reimbursed and you must take the exam again.

Food Stipend:*

Within the first two months of your residency program, you will receive a check designated for food purchases and groceries throughout the academic year.

Lab Coat:

ORMC will contact you prior to Orientation, and at the beginning of each consecutive academic year in regards to what lab coat style and size you would like.  ORMC will pay for the lab coats and for the embroidering of names.

*Stipend Information:

All stipends are a taxable benefit.

Stipends and Paid Time Off do not roll over into the next academic year.

The once a year food stipend is given in a separate check during the first months of the residency.

Food, Coffee and Tea is also available in the resident on-call suite and the GME Suite.

Is there a cut-off date for Medical School Graduation?

No. We consider each application on an individual basis.

Do you Sponsor Visas?

Currently, we do not sponsor visas for incoming residents.