• Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency

    ACGME number: 1201711131
    Program Director: George Ralph Fritch MD, FAAFP
    Address: 1530 N 7th, Suite 200
    Terre Haute, IN 47807-1061
    Phone: (812) 238-7631
    Email: gfritch08@yahoo.com
    Website: http://www.uhfmr.org


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    Program Description

    We are the only Residency affiliated with a community hospital. The outpatient clinic is an FQHC located in the same space as the residency. We offer eight majors including Rural, Hospitalist, Sports Medicine, and Advanced OB. Procedural training may include Endoscopy, Vasectomy, Colposcopy, etc. Notebook computers and a cell subsidy are issued to all residents. We offer a fun, collegial, learning environment.

    Community Setting

    • Urban
    • Rural

    Top 3 Program Strengths

    • Behavioral Medicine
    • Hospital Medicine
    • Sports Medicine

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    Union Hospital

    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: 7

    PGY-2: 7

    PGY-3: 7

    Filled:

    PGY-1: 7

    PGY-2: 7

    PGY-3: 7

    Has Residential Organization

    No

    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

    No

    Half Day Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Half days

    PGY-1: 2

    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: q15d-q28d

    PGY-3: q15d-q28d

    Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

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

    PGY-1: q7d-q14d

    PGY-2: q7d-q14d

    PGY-3: q15d-q28d

    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

    Union Hospital

    Total Hospital Beds

    285

    Full Time Doctor Faculty

    7

    Full Time Other Faculty

    3

    Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

    3

    Total Rotation Hospitals

    1

    Total Admitting Hospitals

    1

    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: $64,078

    PGY-2: $69,411

    PGY-3: $71,862

    Weeks of Vacation

    PGY-1: 2

    PGY-2: 3

    PGY-3: 3

    Benefits

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

    Offers Fellowship

    No

    Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

    No

    Offers Clerkship

    Yes