Note: This page reflects data from 2006 to 2007
Director's Name: Charles H Korte, MD
Phone Number: (515)643-4610
Fax Number: (515)643-4662
Web Site: http://www.mercyfamilyresidency.org
Email: Lallen@mercydesmoines.org
Program Code: 131130003
Program Structure:2AResidency Location: Urban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines
Total Beds: 664Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 1
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 1
Year of Initial Approval: 1996
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- Surgery
Total Number of Graduates: 53
- 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: 7
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 7
- Resident Females 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 5
- 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:$42,923
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$44,732
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$46,547
- 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: Yes 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 5th day
- 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: 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: Greater than every 28 days
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Greater than every 28 days
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Greater than every 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 : 7 Other-MD/DO : 0 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 2 Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners : 0
- Average No. of Half Days per Week Spent by FP Residents in the Primary FP Center:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Less than Two months General Surgery (in Hospital): Two months Pediatrics (in Hospital): Five months CCU/ICU: One month
- Documentation:
- Computerized System for Each Resident's Experience Does Exist
- Resident Research:Required
- Resident Organization in Hospital: None
- Fellowship:
Offered in Geriatrics
- Clerkships/Preceptorships:
- Offered
Part-time or Shared Residencies: Not Offered On Site Child Care Services: Offered International Rotation: Available
Our program offers the full spectrum of family medicine with excellent training in both inpatient and outpatient pediatrics, obstetrics, geriatrics and ambulatory medicine. Our graduates have entered practices throughout the country in both urban and rural locations. We maintain an educational affiliation with the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education and have sent our residents on rotation to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.