Health Education Services/Baldwin Health Family Medicine Residency Program

Program Description

Baldwin Health is a newly renovated 142-bed community hospital offering inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic and surgical care. Part of that renovation includes a new, state-of-the-art five-story medical tower. A dedicated and experienced medical staff offers more than 32 specialties, and the hospital offers services including Baldwin County’s only Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center, a women’s imaging center with digital services, 24-hour emergency care, a certified urgent care & imaging center in Gulf Shores, and much more. We have received numerous awards and recognitions, including Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work, Press Ganey Summit Award and The Joint Commission’s Top Performer® in Key Quality Measures. Our family medicine residency is fully accredited by the ACGME. Our residents have a 100% first-time board pass rate, and our annual in-training exam scores have always been above the national average reflecting our exceptionally strong curriculum and training environment. Our primary strengths are academic and evidence-based medicine, behavioral medicine, and full-scope family medicine. Many people may scratch their heads that a family medicine residency program at a community hospital without any other GME programs or University sponsorship would excel at academic medicine, but we do! Each of our residents graduate with at least one peer-reviewed publication and we pride ourselves as being the only non-University department (of 14 nationally) participating in the Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN)’s premier writing project, “Priority Updates from the Research Literature” (PURLs). Additionally, we’ve achieved a sweet spot balancing an outstanding educational experience with personal and program wellness. This is proven out in our annual ACGME anonymous survey results of residents nation-wide as we out-perform our peer averages in 100% (12 of 12) well-being categories. Most people know Baldwin County as a premier vacation destination with miles of beautiful, white sandy beaches, but the lucky ones know that it is an even better place to live and work. Baldwin County is just east of Mobile, Ala. and west of Pensacola, Fla., on the I-10 corridor, in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley Metropolitan Statistical Area (the 8th fastest-growing MSA in the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau). Our population is growing with 200,000+ people and over 35% of the county’s population being between the ages of 18 & 45. With that growth has come incredible and diverse restaurants, entertainment venues, and outdoor activity offerings. We live and work where others plan dream vacations! Check us out!

Community Setting

Rural

Top 3 Program Strengths

• Academic Medicine
• Behavioral Medicine
• Wellness/Well-being

Primary Admitting Hospital

South Baldwin Regional 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: 10	PGY-2: 10	PGY-3: 10
Filled:	PGY-1: 10	PGY-2: 10	PGY-3: 10

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

No

Half Day Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Half days	PGY-1: 1	PGY-2: 4	PGY-3: 5

Hospital Trips Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Call from home trips to hospital	PGY-1: > q28d	PGY-2: > q28d	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

South Baldwin Regional Medical Center

Total Hospital Beds

112

Full Time Doctor Faculty

8

Full Time Other Faculty

1

Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

0

Total Rotation Hospitals

2

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: $58,000	PGY-2: $60,000	PGY-3: $62,000
Weeks of Vacation	PGY-1: 4	PGY-2: 4	PGY-3: 4

Benefits

• Parking

• Health Insurance

• Time off for conferences

• Sick Leave / Personal Time

• Meals

• Disability Insurance

• Funding for attending conferences

• Life Insurance

• Liability Insurance

• Moving Allowance

• AAFP Membership

• Medical license fee

• DEA license fee

Offers Fellowship

No

Fellowship offered