Note: This page reflects data from 2006 to 2007
Director's Name: Paul David Forney, MD
Phone Number: (706)721-3157
Fax Number: (706)721-6123
Web Site: http://www.mcg.edu/resident/fm/index.html
Email: residency@mail.mcg.edu
Program Code: 090165001
Program Structure:4AResidency Location: Urban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: Medical College of Georgia Hospital
Total Beds: 632Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 1
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 4
Year of Initial Approval: 1973
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB - GYN, Surgery, E.R., Psychiatry
Total Number of Graduates: 202
- Offered Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 8
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 8
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 8
- Filled Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 8
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 8
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 8
- Resident Females 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 5
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 7
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 5
- Under-represented minorities 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 5
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 5
- Resident Salaries 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:$41,528
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$42,587
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$43,794
- Weeks Paid Vacation 2006- 2007
- Post-Graduate Year 1:3
- Post-Graduate Year 2:3
- Post-Graduate Year 3:3
- 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: Yes Sick/Personal Time: Yes Disability Insurance: Yes Parking: Yes
- Average Annual In-Hospital Night Call Frequency:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: Every 6th day
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Every 15-28 days
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Every 15-28 days
- Night Float Rotation or Coverage yes or no:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: No
- Post-Graduate Year 2: No
- Post-Graduate Year 3: No
- Average Annual Frequency of Other Trips to Hospital as Result of Night Calls Taken at Home:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: None
- Post-Graduate Year 2: None
- Post-Graduate Year 3: None
- Faculty to Residents Ratio During Patient Care Hours:
- 1 Faculty : 3 Residents
- Full-Time Equivalent Staff and Faculty at the Residency Program:
FP-MD/DO : 19 Other-MD/DO : 0 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 2 Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners : 1
- 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: 4
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Two 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:
Not Offered
- Clerkships/Preceptorships:
- Offered
Part-time or Shared Residencies: Not Offered On Site Child Care Services: Offered International Rotation: Not Available
Our program provides clinical experience in a strong academic institution where Family Physicians are respected and function independently. Procedural skills, including sigmoidoscopy, vasectomy, colposcopy, nasolaryngoscopy, EGDS, and dermatologic surgery are part of our comprehensive training. Also, emphasis in sports medicine, practice management and rural medicine are available. Augusta is the second largest metropolitan market in Georgia.