TRAINING RESIDENTS FOR PRACTICE IN THE 21st CENTURY
We provide resident education that will enable our graduates to practice the highest standards of family medicine.
ABOUT THE
PROGRAM
Our program is committed to preparing compassionate physicians who deliver the highest quality, 21st century, patient-centered medicine to communities of greatest need.
The program provides unique and individualized, community-based, resident physician education, utilizing teaching faculty who are compassionate, holistic, and dedicated to the teaching mission.
Mission Statement
Through commitment to education, scholarship, diversity and inclusion, and safe, high quality community patient care, we will improve the health and well-being of Northwestern FL including our referral area patients and their families with service to pediatric, elder, rural, minority and vulnerable populations by graduating physicians who continue to learn and/or lead in whatever setting they choose for their career.
Program Aims
1. Graduate outstanding physicians who have excellent clinical and communication skills.
2. Graduate physicians who are experts in delivering primary care to the medically underserved.
3. Graduate residents who hold leadership roles in their practicing hospital, national organizations, local or community resources.
4. To have 100% of our residents achieve board certification upon graduation.
LIFE AS A RESIDENT
Residents will receive a broad experience in family medicine, and have the ability to concentrate their electives on one or two domains, so that they are prepared to attend the fellowship or work in the environment of their choosing upon graduation. The program will place an emphasis on developing the competence to provide high quality outpatient care to a panel of patients. Residents will have several dedicated family medicine clinic rotations in each academic year, when they will learn efficiency, coding & billing, procedures, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), managing a team, quality improvement, promoting health equity, population health, and other health systems management topics. Residents will NOT take in-house call during all three years of training.
PGY-1
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast:
- 16 weeks of inpatient adult medicine (includes ICU care)
- 8 weeks of women’s health (Includes time on the labor deck & outpatient clinic)
- 4 weeks of emergency medicine
- 4 weeks of outpatient pediatrics
- 4 weeks of outpatient musculoskeletal medicine
- 4 weeks of surgery (includes time in outpatient clinic & operating room)
- 2 weeks of newborn nursery/NICU
Florida Department of Health (FDOH) in Walton County:
- 8 weeks of family medicine clinic
- 2 weeks of behavioral health
PGY-2
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast:
- 4 weeks of inpatient adult medicine (includes ICU care)
- 4 weeks of cardiology
- 4 weeks of outpatient pediatrics
- 2 weeks of newborn nursery/NICU
Florida Department of Health (FDOH) in Walton County:
- 12 weeks of family medicine clinic
- 2 weeks of health systems management
- 2 weeks of public health
- 2 weeks of geriatrics
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola for 4 weeks in inpatient pediatrics
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf for 4 weeks in rural medicine
Coastal Skin Surgery & Dermatology for 4 weeks in dermatology
Electives for 6 weeks
PGY-3
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast:
- 4 weeks of inpatient adult medicine (includes ICU care)
- 4 weeks of emergency medicine
- 4 weeks of musculoskeletal medicine
Florida Department of Health (FDOH) in Walton County:
- 22 weeks of family medicine clinic
- 2 weeks of health systems management
- 2 weeks of geriatrics
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola for 4 weeks in inpatient pediatrics
Electives for 10 weeks
EDUCATIONAL GOALS
Provide residents with the skills & knowledge to:
medicine
to care for patients from vulnerable populations, and to recognize the impact of
public policy on health
care that incorporates patient safety principles
Our
PARTNERS
We partner with the following medical facilities to bring the highest level of care available to our communities:
- Florida Department of Health
- Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
- Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf
- Coastal Skin Surgery and Dermatology
The FDOH in Walton County operates 4 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) throughout the county which provide much needed primary care, mental health care, and dental care to a medically underserved population. The residency’s Family Medicine Practice (FMP) site is located in the Coastal Branch FQHC in Santa Rosa Beach. This site currently serves a large self-pay, Spanish-speaking population.
As Northwest Florida’s only hospital solely dedicated to the care of sick and injured babies and children, the Studer Family Children’s Hospital offers a wide range of services to meet all of a child’s medical needs to include the area’s only Level III neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care, cancer care, rehabilitation and more than 120 board-certified physicians across 30 pediatric specialties.
This 15-bed rural hospital, in Port St. Joe, provides 24/7 emergency care to the residents of Gulf and Franklin counties. Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf offers urgent surgical services and cardiovascular care, as well as a helipad to provide rapid transportation of trauma and critically ill patients.
Board Certified Dermatologists and Board Certified Physician Assistants provide a broad variety of surgical, medical, and cosmetic dermatological services as well as skin care products and services to the residents and visitors of Florida’s Emerald Coast.
With a focus on safely producing the best outcomes, and an emphasis on progressive and leading-edge procedures, they provide patients with the most advanced surgical and skin care treatments available.
ABOUT THE HOSPITAL
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast is a full-service, community-based, 76-bed hospital offering 24/7 emergency care.
The site has both adult and pediatric emergency rooms and receives support from pediatric specialists at Studer Family Children’s Hospital. Sacred Heart provides specialty care in spine surgery, joint replacement, cardiovascular care, cancer care, breast imaging, and adult and pediatric rehabilitation. The site’s Family Birth Place provides specialized medical care to women with high-risk pregnancies and their babies, including a 10-bed Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Benefits
The University of Florida Family Medicine Residency Program provides a very competitive benefits package, annual Resident Education Allowance, and many tools, resources and support.
Annual Salary
2023-2024
PGY1– $61,548
PGY2 – $63,607
PGY3 – $65,789
Insurance Benefits
Free health insurance coverage (GatorCare) for employee and family
Supplemental insurance plans (i.e. vision, dental, etc.) at competitive rates
$10,000 accidental death and disability (AD&D) insurance for employee -Long term disability insurance for employee
$50,000 group term life insurance for employee
PAID LEAVE
per contract year
Vacation- 20 days (includes 4 days during the holidays and 1 day for UF homecoming)
Sick- 10 days
Parental/Medical- up to 30 consecutive days (6 weeks)
Other Financial Benefits
Resident Education Allowance- $600/year which may be used for educational purposes including conference expenses, textbooks, journals, etc.
Meals are provided while performing inpatient rotations
State of Florida licensure application fees
Lab coats, scrubs and business cards
Paid AAFP/FAFP membership fees
Professional Development
- Up to 5 days
Scholarship
All residents will be required to complete two scholarly projects prior to graduation. One of these projects must be in the realm of quality improvement. Time and support will be provided for scholarship.
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Meet the Family Medicine Team
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