ECU Health Medical Center Program

Program Description

To appreciate the breadth and depth of training you will receive as a resident in our rural program, you must have an understanding of the region we call home and the people of this region that we serve. The eastern third of North Carolina, also known as the Coastal Plain, is a beautiful and dynamic region that is predominately rural. This region has a few major population centers along the coast, and inland cities containing major universities or military installations. Greenville is the major population center of eastern North Carolina and is located at the heart of the rural coastal plain. Greenville is also home to Vidant Medical Center and East Carolina University. Vidant Medical Center is one of the largest hospitals in the United States. It is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in eastern North Carolina and serves approximately 1.5 million people living in its 29-county catchment region. Vidant Medical Center is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. East Carolina University is a large public university with an enrollment of nearly 30,000 students. The Brody School of Medicine at ECU was founded over 40 years ago to train primary care physicians to provide care for this medically underserved region. Residents in this rural program will benefit from the school’s solid commitment to primary care and will work and train in a supportive, Family Medicine-focused environment. Our program offers cutting-edge academic medical center resources and training coupled with the unique challenges and opportunities of rural community- based clinical training in FQHCs and rural community teaching hospitals. Residents in the Rural Family Medicine Residency at Vidant Medical Center will spend the majority of their first year of training at Vidant Medical Center (for most specialty inpatient training blocks) and the East Carolina University Family Medicine Center (for outpatient procedures, geriatrics, and sports medicine training). Rural residents that MATCH to the Ahoskie site (NRMP Program Code 3057120C1) will spend the majority of their final two years of training at the Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center and Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, both located in the rural community of Ahoskie, NC. Ahoskie is a community of about 4,500 people. Ahoskie is approximately a one-hour drive north of Greenville. Ahoskie is also approximately a one-hour drive from the Tidewater Metropolitan region of Virginia (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Suffolk). Roanoke-Chowan Community Health Center is a large FQHC system with multiple clinical sites that serve rural northeastern North Carolina. Residents in the program will have their continuity clinic based at the RCCHC main clinic and administrative headquarters located in Ahoskie, NC. Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital is a 114-bed community hospital serving the greater Hertford County area and is affiliated with multiple Vidant Medical Group and ECU Physicians group subspecialty offices serving the people of this region. Rural residents that MATCH to the Duplin site (NRMP Program Code 3057120C2) will spend the majority of their final two years of training at Goshen Medical Center located in Beulaville, NC and Vidant Duplin Hospital located in Kenansville, NC. Beulaville is a rural community of about 1,300 people, and Kenansville is a rural community of about 900 people. Both of these rural communities are approximately a one-hour drive south of Greenville. Beulaville/Kenansville are also approximately a forty-five minute drive from the Wilmington/Carolina Beach metropolitan area. Goshen Medical Center is a large FQHC system with multiple clinical sites that serve rural southeastern North Carolina. Residents in the program will have their continuity clinic based at the Goshen Medical Center- Beulaville location. Vidant Duplin Hospital is an 81-bed community hospital serving the greater Duplin County area and is affiliated with multiple Vidant Medical Group and ECU Physicians group subspecialty offices serving the people of this region. Rural residents are exposed to the breadth of Family Medicine with a focus on complex, high-acuity patients in resource-abundant academic medical center environments and resource-scarce rural environments. Our graduates will be extraordinarily well-prepared to provide comprehensive care in a wide variety of practice settings and will enjoy the backing of a nationally-known program when seeking post-graduation practice opportunities. Our faculty are highly-experienced clinical educators who serve as mentors and provide invaluable support, instruction, and encouragement to residents. The Department of Family Medicine has over 30 physician faculty, as well as faculty in pharmacy, nutrition, behavioral medicine, and research. Additionally, the rural program has incorporated experienced rural physicians into the faculty that will provide oversight, training, guidance, and mentorship to rural program residents as these faculty also will live and work in the rural communities to which the rural residents MATCH and call home. Each faculty member has an area of clinical interest and focus, including: maternal, infant, child, and adolescent care; procedural skills; diabetes; cardiovascular disease; practice management; and rural medicine. Many of our faculty also have specialized training in women’s health, geriatrics, and sports medicine, and serve as instructors in Fellowship programs offered within the Department of Family Medicine.

Community Setting

• Suburban
• Rural
• Urban
• Urban

Top 3 Program Strengths

• Health Policy and Advocacy
• International Medicine/Global Health
• Low Resourced/Marginalized Populations

Primary Admitting Hospital

Vidant Medical Center (974 beds), Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital (114 beds), and Vidant Duplin Hospital (81 beds)

Length of Program

3 Years

Clinic Funding

• Federal or other government clinic funding including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) or look-alike, Community Health Centers (CHC), Rural Health Clinic (RHC)

Positions

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Offered:	PGY-1: 9	PGY-2: 9	PGY-3: 9
Filled:	PGY-1: 4	PGY-2: 0	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

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

Required Pediatrics Rotations

Three months

Offers International Rotations

Yes

Half Day Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Half days	PGY-1: 1	PGY-2: 3	PGY-3: 5

Hospital Trips Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Call from home trips to hospital	PGY-1: None	PGY-2: q7d-q14d	PGY-3: q7d-q14d

Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Average In hospital night calls	PGY-1: q5d	PGY-2: q7d-q14d	PGY-3: q7d-q14d
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

Vidant Medical Center (974 beds), Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital (114 beds), and Vidant Duplin Hospital (81 beds)

Total Hospital Beds

974

Full Time Doctor Faculty

MD and DO

Full Time Other Faculty

11

Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

5

Total Rotation Hospitals

3

Total Admitting Hospitals

3

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: $56,007	PGY-2: $57,380	PGY-3: $59,418
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
• Life Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Liability Insurance

Offers Fellowship

Yes

Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

No

Offers Clerkship

Yes