Bayhealth Medical Center Program

Program Description

The mission of the Bayhealth Medical Center Family Medicine residency program is to prepare future family medicine physicians for a life and career dedicated to serving their patients, the community and the profession. To accomplish this mission, Bayhealth aims to ensure that the residents feel connected with and invested in the Dover, Sussex, and overall Delaware community throughout each year of the residency. By placing a focus on serving the needs of the community, Bayhealth Medical Center hopes to ensure that the residents continually feel inspired by their role in the medical profession and are reminded frequently that they are making a difference in the lives of people in their community. To put this mission into action, the family medicine residency will focus on a three-year longitudinal community medicine experience which prepares physician leaders to be the best possible advocates for their patients. In their first year (PGY1), residents will spend a month of community medicine rotating through many of the health-based community organizations (homeless shelters, free clinics, a migrant farm workers clinic, etc.) that exist within our rural community. This early exposure allows them to identify a passion project that they can continue to engage with for the next three years. In year two (PGY2), they will spend a month engaging on deeper level with their selected organization, including developing a research project that addresses health equity. In the third year (PGY3), they spend a month focused on community leadership and advocacy, answering the question, “What role do physicians have in improving the health of the community?” Through this longitudinal experience, we hope the residents develop a passion for serving the underserved, learn how to be an effective voice to continue to advocate for improved health equity throughout their careers, and effect real change in improving the health of this rural community.

Community Setting

• Rural
• Suburban

Top 3 Program Strengths

No strengths provided

Primary Admitting Hospital

Bayhealth Medical Center

Length of Program

3 Years

Clinic Funding

No federal or government clinic funding

Positions

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Offered:	PGY-1: 8	PGY-2: 8	PGY-3: 8
Filled:	PGY-1: 8	PGY-2: 8	PGY-3: 0

Has Residential Organization

Yes

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

None

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: 1	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: 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

Bayhealth Medical Center

Total Hospital Beds

405

Full Time Doctor Faculty

5

Full Time Other Faculty

2

Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

0

Total Rotation Hospitals

2

Total Admitting Hospitals

2

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: $60,000	PGY-2: $61,500	PGY-3: $63,000
Weeks of Vacation	PGY-1: 3	PGY-2: 3	PGY-3: 3

Benefits

• Liability Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Time off for conferences
• Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Sick Leave / Personal Time
• Parking
• Funding for attending conferences
• Meals
• On-site Child Care
• AAFP Membership
• Medical license fee
• DEA license fee

Offers Fellowship

No