Note: This page reflects data from 2006 to 2007
Director's Name: Sara Ducharme Thompson, MD
Phone Number: (206)326-3585
Fax Number: (206)326-3543
Web Site: http://www.ghc.org/fpr
Email: ghcfpr@ghc.org
Program Code: 451140002
Program Structure:2AResidency Location: Urban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: Group Health/Virginia Mason Hospital
Total Beds: 285Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 3
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 3
Year of Initial Approval: 1970
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
Total Number of Graduates: 148
- Offered Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 5
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 5
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 5
- Filled Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 5
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 5
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 5
- Resident Females 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 3
- Under-represented minorities 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 0
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 0
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 1
- Resident Salaries 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:$42,051
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$43,763
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$45,368
- 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 7-14 days
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Every 15-28 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 : 3 Residents
- Full-Time Equivalent Staff and Faculty at the Residency Program:
FP-MD/DO : 5 Other-MD/DO : 1 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 1 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: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Five 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: None
- Fellowship:
Not Offered
- Clerkships/Preceptorships:
- Offered
Part-time or Shared Residencies: Not Offered On Site Child Care Services: Not offered International Rotation: Available
Group Health Cooperative is a consumer-run not for profit HMO founded in 1947. It is family medicine based, has a state of the art information system and electronic medical record with an international reputation for preventive medicine and evidence-based care. The residency was established in 1969. We are a community-based program with a diverse urban patient population; our residents graduate prepared to practice in any setting.