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Martin Army Family Medicine Residency |
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Residents and Staff Our residents currently represent a number of states or countries. All residents are either HPSP or USUHS students. The majority of our family medicine teaching staff received their residency training in the military, bringing relevant aspects to our medical training. Approximately half the staff is composed of active duty, with the other half consisting of former military members who are now civilian and provide a continuous backbone for teaching staff. Many staff members have completed teaching fellowships. Family Medicine Clinic Our outpatient family medicine clinic is a state of the art primary care clinic that provides full spectrum care from newborns to the elderly patient. Our clinic is composed of a team based approach in which our residents consistently work with the same ancillary staff and faculty in order to provided streamlined care. We are on the cutting edge of developing a system that is patient and family centered. Our clinic utilizes an electronic medical record system that has been recently updated to include the use of Dragon Naturally Speaking software and wireless notebooks that allows providers to dictate their encounters. In the Family Medicine Clinic our residents get relevant procedural training. Procedures include but are not limited to the following: · NST · Limited OB ultrasound · Cryotherapy · Skin biopsy · Excision of skin lesions · Colposcopy · Pulmonary Function Testing · Treadmill Stress Testing
Inpatient Medicine Service Our inpatient medicine service consists of our general medicine floor and a 7 bed ICU. Currently our medicine team is composed of 3 residents during the day and night float with 2 residents. A variety of diagnoses are admitted and treated giving our residents a broad exposure to internal medicine cases. The family medicine teaching faculty and internal medicine service provide faculty coverage for this service. Maternal/Child Service The maternal/child service (MCS) consists of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care as well as pediatric inpatient service. L&D, affectionately referred to as “the deck” by our residents, consists of 6 delivery rooms, 1 evaluation room and an operating room for operative deliveries. Teams of residents cover primary services for all women that come to the hospital for evaluation after 20 weeks gestation. Our residents consistently surpass requirements of the Residency Review Committee for number of total plus continuity deliveries. Residents additionally get adequate training in obstetrical emergencies through the ALSO course and teaching opportunities that arise during labor management. A resident is always 1st assist in operative deliveries, and some residents are trained as primary surgeons by our staff OB/GYN’s in operative delivery. Residents follow the mother and baby couplet they deliver in the Mother Baby Unit. Residents become proficient in routine and complicated postpartum care of mothers and of the neonate. This service is jointly staffed by our OB/GYN and Pediatrics departments. During the first year our residents also get further neonatal experience at a local (NICU) where they become familiarized with advanced care of the neonate to include intubation and basic ventilator management. Residents get further pediatric experience on our Pediatrics outpatient rotation. SIM Center The Simulation Center is a new feature of our hospital and residency program. The SIM Center is a state of the art trainer with the most advanced training capabilities in the Columbus area. Currently the SIM Center has:
 
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