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Do you know
Riverside Family Practice? Have we told
you about? q Our Benefits o
Conferences § One week off and $1500 towards the conference of your choice in the second and third years § The entire intern class goes with the program director to the AAFP Scientific Assembly o
Books § Numerous texts are given to residents throughout residency §
The
Resident’s Guide to Ambulatory Care §
Conn’s Current Therapy
ed. Rakel, Bope §
Manual of
Skin Diseases, Sauer §
Textbook
of Family Medicine §
Saunder’s Review of
Family Practice, Hagen & Bope §
Choosing
the Right Tests, Bope
et al. §
Family
Practice Desk Reference, Driscol & Bope o
Cafeteria § Free meals § Free meals for spouse when you are on call § Cafeteria is open from 6:00 am to 3:30 am o
Parking § Lighted, secure parking lot seconds away from the hospital o
Medical Education § Two free lab coats per year § Financial Support for ipaq handheld o
Virtual Training Facility (Center For Medical Education & Innovation) §
Brand new, state of the art facility in heart hospital opened in 2005 § Ability to practice procedures, traumas, codes, with life like simulation §
One of the first of its kind in the NATION o
Vacation § 3 paid weeks a year § Up to 1 week conference time a year § 4 day Christmas or New Year Holiday Vacation o
BLS, ACLS, PALS, ALSO, Neonatal Resuscitation § Free registration for these life support classes o
McConnell Heart Health Center § Free use for residents, discount for family members § Basketball and racquetball courts § Swimming pools § Aerobics § Cardiovascular and weight training equipment § Indoor running track § Shower Facilities § On Site Child Care q Nursing and Office Staff § Experienced nursing staff § Radiology technician in the office § Lab technician / phlebotomist on site § Professional Biller and Coder § Secretary available for transcribing dictations § Notary Public on staff § Over 250 years of experience working at Family Practice Office § State of the Art Conference Center § Same nurse and same office for all 3 years § See Same patients for all 3 years § Building built in 1995 q Call schedule and Night
Float o
Intern Call § Typically q 4-7 § When on family practice · From 5:00pm-through overnight, you take floor phone calls and every fourth admission to the hospital · Saturday call: 11:00 AM until Sunday 7:00 AM § When on surgery · You are the surgical intern · You are responsible for handling floor calls, seeing all surgical consults and admissions from the ER – After which, you precept with the junior surgical resident. · Typically 5 calls per month o Second and Third year call § Call is from home § You function as the family medicine attending for our office and accept admissions to the inpatient service § 2 months of your second year are spent on medicine rotations · When on call, you serve as a supervising resident to the interns in the hospital · Typically 4 medicine calls per service month q Obstetrics o Two months on Labor and Delivery in the intern year § When on OB · You cover labor and delivery, cover post partum, handle outside emergency calls, and do consults admissions · Typically 7 calls per month Two months of OB in the second year § Provide services and coverage Rainbow Women’s Clinics in Deleware Ohio § Work with private obstetricians in their offices o All residents manage the pregnancy and deliver the babies of their office patients q Pediatrics o Two months at Columbus Children’s Hospital § Call while on Pediatrics about q 6 · You take all floor calls and admissions for the services that you are covering o NICU and Children’s Hospital ER rotation during the second year o Well baby nursery coverage during FP inpatient service o Children’s Hospital Ambulatory Clinic rotation in the third year q Social Events o Our residents frequently § Go to conferences together § Go out to dinner together § Play poker together § Play volleyball, basketball and golf together § Plan dinner nights § Celebrate holidays together q Faculty o
Physicians § Excellent faculty with experience in obstetrics, rural medicine, practice management, health information systems, national leadership, mission work. o
Miriam Chan, PharmD. § Assists with diabetes, hypertension, and coumadin management § Available to answer all drug questions § Provides drug reference sheets that correlate with our lecture series § Generates a Drug Question of the Month that is distributed by e-mail to residencies across the country o
Nutritionist § On staff to assist with diabetes education § Weight loss counseling § Healthy eating in pregnancy o
Jim Schmidt, LISW § Provides support for residents § Available for counseling and co-counseling sessions for depression and behavioral disturbances § Organizes various retreats for family practice and for all interns q Journal club o Monthly meeting held at an attending’s house with dinner provided o Focus on recent evidence based journal articles with direct relevance to the practice of family medicine q Senior Project o Thrid Year project on topic of their choice (Research or Case Based) o Many are awarded grant money and published q Procedures o Many procedures are available in our office § Exercise stress testing § Colposcopy § Flexible sigmoidoscopy § Cryosurgery § Electrosurgery § Casting / splinting § Excisions, biopsies and suturing § Vasectomy § Joint injections and aspirations § Nail removal § Ultrasonography q Community Outreach o
Nursing home § Residents provide care to residents of the Whetstone Care Center during their second and third year o
Home visits § When our patients become homebound, we visit them in their homes to provide necessary health care o
High school sports § Residents and faculty are the team physicians for Centennial and Whetstone High Schools o
Physician’s Free clinic § Faculty and residents frequently provide care to the inner city underserved at the Physician’s Free Clinic o
Recreation Unlimited § Residents perform physical exams for participants in this summer camp for individuals with MR/DD and other handicaps o
Medical Mission § Long history of resident participation in medical missions to the underserved in third world countries. § Excused absence with financial support from Riverside q Moonlighting o Numerous opportunities, encouraged by the program including § Marion emergency room § Provide office hour coverage at Worthington Industry’s Family Medicine and Wellness Center § Urgent Care q Student Teaching o Riverside Hospital and the family practice office frequently have students from § Ohio State University College of Medicine § Medical College of Ohio § Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy o Second year residents teach a physical exam course for OSU second year medical students o Casting and splinting workshops for OSU Family Practice Interest Group o Residents are considered Ohio State Clinical Instructors through the Ohio State Family Medicine Department |
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