Note: This page reflects data from 2006 to 2007
Director's Name: Joseph W Gravel, Jr, MD
Phone Number: (781)338-0550
Fax Number: (781)338-0150
Web Site: http://www.tuftsfmr.org
Email: tuftsfmr@challiance.org
Program Code: 192230001
Program Structure:2AResidency Location: Suburban Urban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: Cambridge Health Alliance
Total Beds: 361Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 2
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 4
Year of Initial Approval: 1991
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB - GYN, Surgery, Psychiatry
Total Number of Graduates: 72
- 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: 7
- 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:$48,216
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$50,154
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$52,105
- Weeks Paid Vacation 2006- 2007
- Post-Graduate Year 1:4
- Post-Graduate Year 2:4
- 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: 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: Greater than every 28th day
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Greater than every 28 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: None
- 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 : 3 Residents
- Full-Time Equivalent Staff and Faculty at the Residency Program:
FP-MD/DO : 13 Other-MD/DO : 0 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 5 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: 5
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 5
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Three months General Surgery (in Hospital): Less than Two months Pediatrics (in Hospital): Four months CCU/ICU: One month
- Documentation:
- Computerized System for Each Resident's Experience Does Exist
- Resident Research:Encouraged, but optional
- Resident Organization in Hospital: Yes
- Fellowship:
Offered in Faculty Development -- May Lead to Graduate Degree
- Clerkships/Preceptorships:
- Offered
Part-time or Shared Residencies: Offered On Site Child Care Services: Not offered International Rotation: Available
Univ program academics in a strong FMR-only community hospital setting- the best of both worlds! Cambridge Health Alliance is a Harvard-affiliated, award-winning health system serving ethnically & culturally diverse patients. New state-of-the-art family med center in Malden (6 mi from downtown Boston) with selected rotations at Tufts-NEMC in Boston to broaden residency experience. One of only 14 nationally selected "P4 programs of innovation".