Howard University Program

Program Description

The Department of Community and Family Medicine at Howard University Hospital provides sound educational program for trainees in Family Medicine. The Howard University Family Medicine Residency Training Program began in 1970 as one of the first university-based Family Medicine programs in the country. It has maintained excellence in patient care and postgraduate training by sustaining these objectives: • providing training for graduates to be Board eligible in Family Medicine; • enhancing residents’ personal and intellectual skills in assessing total health care needs; • offering training for residents in skills to organize, implement, and coordinate longitudinal and continuous care; • providing a comprehensive understanding of emotional and physical well-being; • developing residents’ skill in making rational decisions, and accepting responsibility for quality patient care; • promoting an understanding of health care financing and Practice Management; • assisting residents in developing research skills which will foster greater understanding of community health care needs; and • promoting an understanding of the needs of disadvantaged communities with special emphasis on the needs of high-risk medically indigent, elderly, and minority populations.

Top 3 Program Strengths

No strengths provided

Primary Admitting Hospital

Howard University Hospital

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

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: 2	PGY-3: 3

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: q3d	PGY-2: q6d	PGY-3: q7d-q14d
Night Float	PGY-1: Yes	PGY-2: No	PGY-3: No

Has Computer Documentation

Yes

Offers Rural Rotations

No

Has Electronic Health Records

Yes

Primary Admitting Hospital

Howard University Hospital

Total Hospital Beds

482

Full Time Doctor Faculty

6

Full Time Other Faculty

1

Total Rotation Hospitals

3

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: $52,080
Weeks of Vacation	PGY-1: 3	PGY-2: 3	PGY-3: 3

Benefits

• Health Insurance

• Meals

• Liability Insurance

• Parking

• Funding for attending conferences

• Fitness Center

• Sick Leave / Personal Time

• Time off for conferences

• Disability Insurance

• Life Insurance

Offers Fellowship

No

Fellowship offered

Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

No

Offers Clerkship

Yes