Note: This page reflects data from 2006 to 2007
Director's Name: John Bryan Waits, MD
Phone Number: (205)348-1370
Fax Number: (205)348-2695
Web Site: http://www.cchs.ua.edu/fmr
Email: uatfprp@cchs.ua.edu
Program Code: 011720001
Program Structure:3AResidency Location: Suburban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: DCH Regional Medical Center
Total Beds: 600Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 1
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 2
Year of Initial Approval: 1973
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- None
Total Number of Graduates: 336
- Offered Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:12
- Post-Graduate Year 2:12
- Post-Graduate Year 3:12
- Filled Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:12
- Post-Graduate Year 2:12
- Post-Graduate Year 3:12
- Resident Females 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 6
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Under-represented minorities 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 0
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 0
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 0
- Resident Salaries 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:$41,700
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$42,888
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$44,604
- Weeks Paid Vacation 2006- 2007
- Post-Graduate Year 1:3
- Post-Graduate Year 2:3
- Post-Graduate Year 3:4
- Other Benefits:
Liability Insurance: Yes Housing Allowance: No Time Off for Conferences: Yes Health Insurance: Yes Meals: Yes Funds for Conferences: Yes Life Insurance: Yes Laundry: No Sick/Personal Time: Yes Disability Insurance: Yes Parking: Yes
- Average Annual In-Hospital Night Call Frequency:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: Every 7-14 days
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Every 7-14 days
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Every 7-14 days
- Night Float Rotation or Coverage yes or no:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: Yes
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Yes
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Yes
- Average Annual Frequency of Other Trips to Hospital as Result of Night Calls Taken at Home:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: Every 15-28 days
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Every 15-28 days
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Every 15-28 days
- Faculty to Residents Ratio During Patient Care Hours:
- 1 Faculty : 4 Residents
- Full-Time Equivalent Staff and Faculty at the Residency Program:
FP-MD/DO : 5 Other-MD/DO : 17 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 5 Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners : 3
- Average No. of Half Days per Week Spent by FP Residents in the Primary FP Center:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 3
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Three months General Surgery (in Hospital): Two months Pediatrics (in Hospital): Four months CCU/ICU: One month
- Documentation:
- Computerized System for Each Resident's Experience Does Exist
- Resident Research:Required
- Resident Organization in Hospital: Yes
- Fellowship:
Offered in Obstetrics
- Clerkships/Preceptorships:
- Offered
Part-time or Shared Residencies: Not Offered On Site Child Care Services: Not offered International Rotation: Available
We are one of the oldest, most productive programs in the Southeast with 336 Graduates. We are the only residency in a large regional medical center and are a clinical campus of The University of Alabama School of Medicine for third and fourth year medical students. We have a large full-time faculty with departments in each core area of the residency and student programs. Specific strengths include rural medicine, sports medicine and advanced OB.