Friday, January 08, 2010
alumni updates
Lots of cute photo updates posted to the FaceBook group page... go check it out! Alumni, if we're missing you, please join the group and post to the wall!
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
How can it be...
...so long since I last posted?!
Hope everyone had a good holiday. I know I did, but I've had about enough of this ridiculously cold weather!
Some congratulations to shout out - the following residents were top of their class on the annual in-training exams recently: R1 - Rory Bradt, R2 - Rich Donaldson, R3 - Thein-An Nguyen. Scores overall were quite impressive this year, so congratulations to all the residents for the hard work and especially to our three top scorers!
Putting a wrap on recruiting season this month. We have several interview days left to go, but our AOA Rank List goes in in a couple of weeks and shortly thereafter we will also be ready to submit our NRMP list. Can't wait to see who turns up on our Match list!
Hope everyone had a good holiday. I know I did, but I've had about enough of this ridiculously cold weather!
Some congratulations to shout out - the following residents were top of their class on the annual in-training exams recently: R1 - Rory Bradt, R2 - Rich Donaldson, R3 - Thein-An Nguyen. Scores overall were quite impressive this year, so congratulations to all the residents for the hard work and especially to our three top scorers!
Putting a wrap on recruiting season this month. We have several interview days left to go, but our AOA Rank List goes in in a couple of weeks and shortly thereafter we will also be ready to submit our NRMP list. Can't wait to see who turns up on our Match list!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
kudos
Congratulations to Sashi and Eric on achieving a passing score on the American Board of Integrative & Holistic Medicine exam!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Description of our program
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is a component of the University of Texas System and is located on beautiful Galveston Island, Texas. The Department of Family Medicine at UTMB was established in 1971. It was the first academic department of Family Medicine in the state of Texas. Since 1998, the Department of Family Medicine has been chaired by Barbara L. Thompson, MD.
The Residency Program was one of the first in the state and has graduated over 250 residents since accepting the first trainees in 1972. The program director is Lisa R. Nash, DO since 2003.
The program is structured as an 8-8-8 program accredited by the ACGME, for a total of 24 residents in training annually. The curriculum includes a diverse blend of campus and community based experiences to meet training requirements and provide a comprehensive view of contemporary Family Medicine.
A Rural Training Track was added to the program in 2000, located in Weimer Texas, a community with a population of 1800. In 2009 the RRC approved an expansion of the RTT curriculum, which will allow residents to spend approximately the first half of their training at the academic medical center in Galveston and the remainder at the RTT site in Weimar.
The UTMB-FMR curriculum also incorporates the “Integrative Medicine in Residency” curriculum. Residents receive over the course of their training an additional 200 hours of instruction in Integrative Medicine. At the completion of training, graduates qualify to sit for the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine exam.
Additionally, the program achieved certification by the American Osteopathic Association in 2007, qualifying all DO residents to sit for the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians exam.
Other notable features of our program:
• Area of Concentration Programs – an elective written program of individual study
• Maximum number of electives (six) allowed by the RRC for FM
• International Health program and strong history of approved electives for residents
• Behavioral Medicine program – recognized as one of the best examples of an integrated, skills-based curriculum in the nation
• Electronic Resident Portfolio – collection point and tracking mechanism for resident progress through training requirements
• Campus-wide integrated EMR (EPIC)
• Resident Research Program – with 18 national conference presentations and/or publications over the past five years
• Fellowship/Advanced Training – 11 graduates over the past five years have gone on to prestigious fellowships and other advanced training opportunities
For more information about our program, visit us here. Meet residents, alumni, faculty, staff and others on our UTMB Family Medicine Residency group on Facebook!
The Residency Program was one of the first in the state and has graduated over 250 residents since accepting the first trainees in 1972. The program director is Lisa R. Nash, DO since 2003.
The program is structured as an 8-8-8 program accredited by the ACGME, for a total of 24 residents in training annually. The curriculum includes a diverse blend of campus and community based experiences to meet training requirements and provide a comprehensive view of contemporary Family Medicine.
A Rural Training Track was added to the program in 2000, located in Weimer Texas, a community with a population of 1800. In 2009 the RRC approved an expansion of the RTT curriculum, which will allow residents to spend approximately the first half of their training at the academic medical center in Galveston and the remainder at the RTT site in Weimar.
The UTMB-FMR curriculum also incorporates the “Integrative Medicine in Residency” curriculum. Residents receive over the course of their training an additional 200 hours of instruction in Integrative Medicine. At the completion of training, graduates qualify to sit for the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine exam.
Additionally, the program achieved certification by the American Osteopathic Association in 2007, qualifying all DO residents to sit for the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians exam.
Other notable features of our program:
• Area of Concentration Programs – an elective written program of individual study
• Maximum number of electives (six) allowed by the RRC for FM
• International Health program and strong history of approved electives for residents
• Behavioral Medicine program – recognized as one of the best examples of an integrated, skills-based curriculum in the nation
• Electronic Resident Portfolio – collection point and tracking mechanism for resident progress through training requirements
• Campus-wide integrated EMR (EPIC)
• Resident Research Program – with 18 national conference presentations and/or publications over the past five years
• Fellowship/Advanced Training – 11 graduates over the past five years have gone on to prestigious fellowships and other advanced training opportunities
For more information about our program, visit us here. Meet residents, alumni, faculty, staff and others on our UTMB Family Medicine Residency group on Facebook!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Loan Repayment info
Texas Enacts Loan Repayment Program to Entice Primary Care Physicians to Practice in State's Underserved Areas
Participants Could Pay Off Student Loans Within Four Years
Click here to read the details!
Participants Could Pay Off Student Loans Within Four Years
Click here to read the details!
Monday, October 19, 2009
message from the Chairman of FM
I am pleased to announce that we are beginning our search for a new Director for the UTMB Center for International Health and WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center for Training in International health. Dr. Laura Rudkin will chair the search committee and Drs. Catalina Triana, Clinton White, Rebecca Wong, and Lexi Nolen have agreed to serve as search committee members.
The successful candidate for this position will have an MD or DO degree, will be boarded in a primary care discipline and will be eligible for a Texas medical license. He or she will have experience in global health as well as teaching medical, graduate, nursing , health professions, graduate students and/or residents. Rank and salary are commensurate with experience.
I invite you to nominate candidates for this position by providing their names and contact information to Dr. Rudkin or one of the members of the committee. I appreciate their support and yours as we look forward to identifying highly qualified candidates for this important position.
Barbara L. Thompson, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine, Campus Route 1123
Primary Care Pavilion, Room 2.208A
Office 409-772-3125
Fax: 409-772-0497
The successful candidate for this position will have an MD or DO degree, will be boarded in a primary care discipline and will be eligible for a Texas medical license. He or she will have experience in global health as well as teaching medical, graduate, nursing , health professions, graduate students and/or residents. Rank and salary are commensurate with experience.
I invite you to nominate candidates for this position by providing their names and contact information to Dr. Rudkin or one of the members of the committee. I appreciate their support and yours as we look forward to identifying highly qualified candidates for this important position.
Barbara L. Thompson, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine, Campus Route 1123
Primary Care Pavilion, Room 2.208A
Office 409-772-3125
Fax: 409-772-0497
Friday, October 16, 2009
underserved communities rotation - funding available!
Residents,
East TX AHEC has funding for residents (approx 5) to participate in a multi-disciplinary Community Health rotation in certain MUA/HPSA (underserved) communities. The site list is prioritized roughly in the following order: Community Health Centers, FQHCs, Rural Health Clinics and others. The final approved site list is still being determined. As soon as it is available, I will forward it, but you don’t have to wait on the list if you have an idea about a site you think will qualify. Let me know your idea and we’ll find out.
Anyone interested in potentially practicing after graduation in an underserved area is encouraged to apply. This could be urban underserved in addition to rural. Rural Track residents would certainly qualify for the program but this is not limited to RTT residents.
Please email me if you may be interested.
East TX AHEC has funding for residents (approx 5) to participate in a multi-disciplinary Community Health rotation in certain MUA/HPSA (underserved) communities. The site list is prioritized roughly in the following order: Community Health Centers, FQHCs, Rural Health Clinics and others. The final approved site list is still being determined. As soon as it is available, I will forward it, but you don’t have to wait on the list if you have an idea about a site you think will qualify. Let me know your idea and we’ll find out.
Anyone interested in potentially practicing after graduation in an underserved area is encouraged to apply. This could be urban underserved in addition to rural. Rural Track residents would certainly qualify for the program but this is not limited to RTT residents.
Please email me if you may be interested.
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