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    Mountain Area Health Education Center (Boone) Program

    ACGME number: 1203600672
    Program Director: Molly Anne Benedum MD, FAAFP
    Address: 148 Highway 105 Ext Ste 102
    Boone, NC 28607-5682
    Phone: (828) 386-9988
    Email: molly.benedum@unchealth.unc.edu
    Website: https://mahec.net/residency-and-student-info/residency-programs/family-medicine-boone


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    Program Description

    Our program has unique features and is specifically designed to train full-scope family doctors to serve in rural and underserved settings like the one here in the beautiful mountains of Boone, NC. From your first day, you are treated as an integral member of the team. Your training will allow you to experience a large breadth of knowledge, procedural skills, and ultimately life as a family doctor while you take care of patients in the delivery room, intensive care unit, nursing homes, and home visits. Clinical opportunities are longitudinal to emphasize the continuity of care across settings as well as the relationships with the people we help find health and wellness. As a program in a small mountain town, leadership and influence take many forms including community outreach, school-based health, hospital committees, and serving the most vulnerable patients. Your teachers are experienced family doctors and other health professionals who share the desire to make a difference.

    Community Setting

    • Rural

    Top 3 Program Strengths

    No strengths provided

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    UNC Health Appalacian

    Length of Program

    3 Years

    Clinic Funding

    No federal or government clinic funding

    Positions

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Offered:

    PGY-1: 6

    PGY-2: 6

    PGY-3: 6

    Filled:

    PGY-1: 6

    PGY-2: 5

    PGY-3: 4

    Has Residential Organization

    No

    Required ICU Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required General Surgery Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required Maternity Rotations

    Two months

    Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

    None

    Required Pediatrics Rotations

    Two months

    Offers International Rotations

    Yes

    Half Day Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Half days

    PGY-1: 2

    PGY-2: 2

    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

    Offers Rural Rotations

    Yes

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    UNC Health Appalacian

    Total Hospital Beds

    117

    Full Time Doctor Faculty

    3

    Full Time Other Faculty

    1

    Total Rotation Hospitals

    2

    Total Admitting Hospitals

    1

    Total Family Practice Centers

    2

    Has Federally Qualified Rotations

    No

    Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Salary

    PGY-1: $59,166

    PGY-2: $61,171

    PGY-3: $63,288

    Weeks of Vacation

    PGY-1: 3

    PGY-2: 3

    PGY-3: 3

    Benefits

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

    Offers Fellowship

    Yes

    Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

    No

    Offers Clerkship

    Yes