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    University of Alabama Medical Center (Huntsville) Program

    ACGME number: 1200111023
    Program Director: Nancy Yoakum Blevins MD, FAAFP
    Address: 301 Governors Dr Sw Rm 334
    Huntsville, AL 35801-5123
    Phone: (256) 551-4631
    Email: nyb@uab.edu
    Website: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/huntsville-family-medicine/


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    Program Description

    The UAB Huntsville Family Medicine Residency Program has been training family physicians for more than 40 years. Over 25% of the family physicians in Alabama trained here in the state's first family medicine residency. Our 450+ graduates have touched countless lives as private practitioners, faculty physicians, hospitalists, geriatricians, proceduralists, hospital executives, and representatives at local, state and national levels of organized medicine.Our primary inpatient site, Huntsville Hospital is a 941 regional referral center with a Level 1 trauma center. Our Family Medicine Center is the largest primary care practice in North Alabama and serves as the medical home to a widely diverse patient population. In terms of diagnoses, volume, and acuity these teaching sites are uniquely equipped to offer ample training opportunities within the framework of a supportive learning environment to ensure that our residents graduate with the medical knowledge, skills, competence, and confidence necessary to succeed in any type of practice they plan to enter.

    Community Setting

    • Urban
    • Suburban
    • Urban

    Top 3 Program Strengths

    No strengths provided

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    Huntsville Hospital

    Length of Program

    3 Years

    Clinic Funding

    No federal or government clinic funding

    Positions

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Offered:

    PGY-1: 12

    PGY-2: 12

    PGY-3: 12

    Filled:

    PGY-1: 12

    PGY-2: 12

    PGY-3: 11

    Has Residential Organization

    No

    Required ICU Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required General Surgery Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required Maternity Rotations

    Three months

    Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

    At least 20 deliveries for all residents; comprehensive pregnancy care with 80 or more deliveries for a few residents.

    Required Pediatrics Rotations

    Five months

    Offers International Rotations

    Yes

    Half Day Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Half days

    PGY-1: 2

    PGY-2: 3

    PGY-3: 4

    Hospital Trips Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Call from home trips to hospital

    PGY-1: None

    PGY-2: None

    PGY-3: None

    Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Average In hospital night calls

    PGY-1: None

    PGY-2: None

    PGY-3: None

    Night Float

    PGY-1:

    Yes

    PGY-2:

    Yes

    PGY-3:

    Yes

    Has Computer Documentation

    Yes

    Offers Rural Rotations

    Yes

    Has Electronic Health Records

    Yes

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    Huntsville Hospital

    Total Hospital Beds

    881

    Full Time Doctor Faculty

    9

    Full Time Other Faculty

    3

    Total Rotation Hospitals

    2

    Total Admitting Hospitals

    1

    Total Family Practice Centers

    1

    Has Federally Qualified Rotations

    Yes

    Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Salary

    PGY-1:

    NA

    PGY-2:

    NA

    PGY-3:

    NA
    Weeks of Vacation

    PGY-1: 3

    PGY-2: 3

    PGY-3: 3

    Benefits

    • Meals
    • Life Insurance
    • Disability Insurance
    • Liability Insurance
    • Health Insurance
    • Sick Leave / Personal Time
    • Parking
    • Fitness Center
    • Time off for conferences

    Offers Fellowship

    Yes

    Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

    No

    Offers Clerkship

    Yes