• North Colorado Medical Center Sterling Rural Family Medicine Program

    ACGME number: 1200700622
    Program Director: Asa F Ware MD
    Address: 1600 23rd Ave
    Greeley, CO 80634-6070
    Phone: (970) 810-2788
    Email: melissa.dillon@bannerhealth.com
    Website: http://ncfm.edu


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    Program Description

    The NCFM/Sterling rural training track program is designed to prepare graduates for rural family medicine practice. The first year of training occurs in Greeley utilizing block rotations. An excellent foundation in inpatient medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics is obtained. The second and third year of training occur 100 miles Northeast in Sterling. The curriculum in Sterling longitudinally provides continued experiences in medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, emergency medicine, orthopedics, gynecology, to name a few, with local and visiting specialists. Sterling Regional MedCenter is a busy 25 bed hospital that is very proud of its residency program and resident physicians. While in Sterling, resident physicians can choose to pursue individualized training to competence in operative obstetrics, GI endoscopy and sports medicine. See www.ncfmblog.com for details.

    Community Setting

    • Rural
    • Rural

    Top 3 Program Strengths

    • Low Resourced/Marginalized Populations
    • Hospital Medicine
    • Other
    • Advanced Procedural Skills
    • Comprehensive Pregnancy Care

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    North Colorado Medical Center/Sterling Regional MedCenter

    Length of Program

    3 Years

    Clinic Funding

    No federal or government clinic funding

    Positions

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Offered:

    PGY-1: 2

    PGY-2: 2

    PGY-3: 2

    Filled:

    PGY-1: 2

    PGY-2: 2

    PGY-3: 2

    Has Residential Organization

    Yes

    Required ICU Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required General Surgery Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required Maternity Rotations

    Six months or more

    Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

    Comprehensive pregnancy care with 80 or more deliveries for all or most residents.

    Required Pediatrics Rotations

    Four months

    Offers International Rotations

    Yes

    Half Day Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Half days

    PGY-1: 2

    PGY-2: 4

    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: q4d

    PGY-3: q4d

    Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

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

    PGY-1: q15d-q28d

    PGY-2: q7d-q14d

    PGY-3: q7d-q14d

    Night Float

    PGY-1:

    Yes

    PGY-2:

    No

    PGY-3:

    No

    Has Computer Documentation

    Yes

    Offers Rural Rotations

    Yes

    Has Electronic Health Records

    Yes

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    North Colorado Medical Center/Sterling Regional MedCenter

    Total Hospital Beds

    25

    Full Time Doctor Faculty

    14

    Full Time Other Faculty

    4

    Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

    7

    Total Rotation Hospitals

    2

    Total Admitting Hospitals

    2

    Total Family Practice Centers

    2

    Has Federally Qualified Rotations

    Yes

    Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Salary

    PGY-1: $66,500

    PGY-2: $69,000

    PGY-3: $72,000

    Weeks of Vacation

    PGY-1: 3

    PGY-2: 3

    PGY-3: 3

    Benefits

    • Sick Leave / Personal Time
    • Time off for conferences
    • Funding for attending conferences
    • Parking
    • Meals
    • Fitness Center
    • Moving Allowance
    • Disability Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Health Insurance
    • Liability Insurance
    • AAFP Membership
    • Medical license fee
    • DEA license fee

    Offers Fellowship

    No

    Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

    No

    Offers Clerkship

    Yes