• Texas Tech Univ HSC El Paso/Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus Program

    ACGME number: 1204800727
    Program Director: Mary Jo Amaro Esparza DO, FAAFP
    Address: 2000B Transmountain Road
    El Paso, TX 79911
    Phone: (915) 215-8400
    Email: sandra.salas@ttep.edu


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    Program Description

    Newly accredited Family Medicine Residency Program located in El Paso, Texas. Program size 6/6/6. Mission: The Family Medicine Residency Program at Transmountain envisions a learning environment developing confident, capable, knowledgeable, engaged and productive family physicians with diagnostic expertise, superb communication and counseling skills, broad procedural skills capable of providing evidence based medical care to diverse peoples, resource poor populations as well as city or suburban locations. We seek to alleviate the physician shortage of the El Paso region and surrounding areas and provide a rich border-health and international perspective to residency training.

    Community Setting

    • Urban
    • Urban

    Top 3 Program Strengths

    • Hospital Medicine
    • Preventative Medicine and/or Occupational Medicine

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    The Hospitals of Providence - Transmountain

    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: 6

    PGY-3: 6

    Has Residential Organization

    Yes

    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

    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

    No

    Half Day Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Half days

    PGY-1: 4

    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: q5d

    PGY-3: q5d

    Night Float

    PGY-1:

    Yes

    PGY-2:

    Yes

    PGY-3:

    Yes

    Has Computer Documentation

    Yes

    Offers Rural Rotations

    No

    Has Electronic Health Records

    Yes

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    The Hospitals of Providence - Transmountain

    Total Hospital Beds

    106

    Full Time Doctor Faculty

    6

    Full Time Other Faculty

    2

    Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

    0

    Total Rotation Hospitals

    4

    Total Admitting Hospitals

    1

    Total Family Practice Centers

    1

    Has Federally Qualified Rotations

    No

    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: 15

    PGY-2: 15

    PGY-3: 20

    Benefits

    • Sick Leave / Personal Time
    • Time off for conferences
    • Parking
    • Meals
    • Health Insurance

    Offers Fellowship

    No

    Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

    No

    Offers Clerkship

    Yes