Note: This page reflects data from 2006 to 2007
Director's Name: Julie A Dostal, MD
Phone Number: (610)402-4970
Fax Number: (610)402-4912
Web Site: http://www.lvhhn.org
Email: familypractice@lvhhn.org
Program Code: 360165002
Program Structure:2AResidency Location: Inner City Suburban Rural
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: Lehigh Valley Hospital
Total Beds: 750Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 1
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 2
Year of Initial Approval: 1995
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- Surgery, E.R.
Total Number of Graduates: 45
- Offered Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 6
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 6
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 6
- Filled Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 7
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 7
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Resident Females 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 6
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 8
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Under-represented minorities 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 0
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 1
- Resident Salaries 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:$44,578
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$46,838
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$49,098
- 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: 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: 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: Every 7-14 days
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Every 7-14 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 : 10 Other-MD/DO : 0 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 4 Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners : 2
- Average No. of Half Days per Week Spent by FP Residents in the Primary FP Center:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Less than Two months General Surgery (in Hospital): Less than Two months Pediatrics (in Hospital): Less than Three months CCU/ICU: Less than 1 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: Offered On Site Child Care Services: Not offered International Rotation: Available
Start your journey to becoming a great family physician in our innovative residency, where your well-being and personal growth are supported. You will be an active partner in your education and development at a premier academic community hospital in Pennsylvania. We excel in relationship centered care as well as using evidence at the point of care across the spectrum of primary care including counseling, chronic disease, and community health.