Note: This page reflects data from 2005 to 2006
Director's Name: Mark L Higdon, DO
Phone Number: (706)544-1556
Fax Number: (706)544-3234
Web Site: http://www.martin.amedd.army.mil/fprp.html
Email: sylvia.chapman.mckee@us.army.mil
Program Code: 520911171
Program Structure:5AResidency Location: Suburban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: Martin Army Community Hospital
Total Beds: 73Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 1
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 1
Year of Initial Approval: 1972
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- None
Total Number of Graduates: 225
- Offered Positions 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 7
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 7
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 8
- Filled Positions 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 8
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 5
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 8
- Resident Females 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 1
- Under-represented minorities 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 1
- Resident Salaries 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:$45,468
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$49,268
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$53,753
- Weeks Paid Vacation 2005- 2006
- Post-Graduate Year 1:2
- 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: No 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 7-14 days
- 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: 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: 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 : 2 Residents
- Full-Time Equivalent Staff and Faculty at the Residency Program:
FP-MD/DO : 8 Other-MD/DO : N/A Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 2 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: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Four 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: Not offered International Rotation: Not Available
The Family Medicine Residency program at Fort Benning is unique in its focus on the residency as a family. As an unopposed military residency program, our residents have extensive hands-on experience throughout the hospital, with a special emphasis on sports medicine and operational medicine, with our large active-duty soldier population.