1. Saint Louis University Family Medicine Residency Program
Belleville, Illinois
Scott AFB, Illinois

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Residency Mission and History
Our Partners
Curriculum, Call, and Clinic
What Makes Us Unique
Graduate and Faculty Experience
The Local Area
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3. Residency Mission & Philosophy
Blend the strengths of university, community, military
Develop “full-scope” FPs
Ready for rural, urban, austere, underserved environments
Promote ownership of & responsibility for patients
Develop “physician- leaders”
Future commanders/faculty

4. A Fully Integrated Program
AF and civilian residents have same core rotations at same sites
AF, civ., and volunteer faculty precept all residents
AF and civ. residents on same clinic floor, different hallways

5. Residency History Scott AFB Family Practice Residency est. 1972
Southern Illinois University Family Practice Residency est. 1981
Merged in 1996 under St. E, SLU in 1997
Scott AFB Inpatient Services closed 2005
Southern Illinois Health Foundation took civilian clinic oversight in 2006

6. Residency History *New hospital Approved
Current site of military and civilian clinics
Downtown Belleville, IL*
Across from hospital*
Clinical space on 3rd floor split by AF and SIHF
AF here since 1996
Over 25K of space total
Office and educational space on 4th floor used by faculty and residents
*New hospital Approved

7. Our Partners 375th Medical Group, Scott AFB, IL
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Belleville, IL
Primary site for clinical rotations
Southern Illinois Health Foundation
Oversees the civilian clinic
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Academic sponsorship and support

8. 375th Medical Group Scott Air Force Base
Oversees USAF clinics
Site for some outpatient rotations
“Super-clinic” (outpatient services only) since 2005
Still offers Radiology, Minor Procedures, Dermatology, Internal and Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Flight Medicine, OB/GYN

9. St. Elizabeth Hospital
Primary site for clinical rotations (medicine/OB)
Over 180 patient beds
Over 40 medical specialties on staff
Includes neurosurgery, interventional cardiology, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, and many more
New hospital to open in O’Fallon, IL ~2017

10. Southern Illinois Health Foundation
Oversees the civilian side of the clinic
Over 25 primary care clinic sites in So. Illinois
Community service and elective opportunities
Mission to increase access to healthcare, especially for the underserved

11. Saint Louis University
Academic sponsor
Some clinical rotations
Peds Inpatient and E.R.
Adult E.R. Trauma Center
Subspecialty electives
Online library access
Opportunity to teach rotating medical students
Research support

12. Curriculum—PGY 1 4 weeks “Core Month”
16 weeks Inpatient Adult Medicine
4 weeks Inpatient Obstetrics
4 weeks Inpatient Pediatrics
4 weeks Inpatient Newborn Nursery
4 weeks Emergency Medicine
4 weeks Outpatient OB
4 weeks Outpatient Pediatrics
4 weeks Sports Medicine
4 weeks Surgery
4 weeks Geriatrics

13. Curriculum—PGY 2 4 weeks Inpatient medicine 4 weeks ICU
4 weeks Cardiology
4 weeks OB night float
4 weeks Scholarly project
4 weeks Pediatric Emergency Medicine
4 weeks Radiology
4 weeks Dermatology
4 weeks Behavioral Medicine
4 weeks Outpatient Procedures
4 weeks Rural Medicine
4 weeks Gynecology

14. Curriculum—PGY 3 4 weeks Inpatient medicine 4 weeks Medicine elective
4 weeks Sports Medicine
4 weeks Practice Management
4 weeks Community Medicine
4 weeks Outpatient Pediatrics
4 weeks Continuity Clinic
4 weeks Adult Emergency Medicine and Trauma
12 elective weeks

15. Military Unique Curriculum
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
PGY3, at SLU
CSTARS (Trauma Course)
2 weeks, PGY3, at SLU
Goal 36 hours of formal didactics by graduation
Profiles, deployments, etc.
Elective opportunities
Aerospace Medicine Primary Course, Infectious disease, etc.

16. Call Schedule PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
1 week of night float and 7 “short call” days on each inpatient month
2 weeks of night float on OB/Nursery months
Random OB and inpatient calls
PGY-2
Q4 on inpatient medicine and ICU
Random 24hr in-house OB calls
4 weeks scheduled OB senior call
PGY-3
Q4 on inpatient medicine months
No other scheduled overnight calls

17. Continuity Clinic
Most exceed RRC Requirement of 1650 clinic patient encounters over 3 years of training
PGY-1: 1-2 half days per week
PGY-2: 2-3 half days per week
PGY-3: 3-4 half days per week
Color Team Structure (1 nurse, 4 docs, 4 techs) allows for better continuity and opportunity for process improvement projects

18. What Makes Us Unique
Four “partners” offer extensive opportunities for rotations and electives
Additional medical subspecialty training through St. E’s or SLU
Additional Peds/GYN training through SIHF
Additional opportunity for scholarly activity

19. What Makes Us Unique “Unopposed” Residency
All inpatient medicine, OB, and nursery patients managed by FM services
Most subspecialty rotations (including surgery, cardiology, dermatology, etc.) are one-on-one with community preceptors

20. What Makes Us Unique Unparalleled Inpatient Medicine Experience
200+ admissions/month to our unopposed service
Pathology of a mostly under-served population
20-30 ICU admits/month
With ICU community attending acting as consulting service

21. What Makes Us Unique Strong OB and Procedural Training
OB Fellow on staff (Snyder)
Most Residents exceed 70 deliveries/15 continuity
Skin biopsy, colposcopy, LEEP, EMB, vasectomy, joint injections, IUD, Nexplanon
Colonoscopy/C-Section precepted by FP faculty
Additional opportunities have given some grads c-scopes/50+ C-sections

22. What Makes Us Unique Sports Medicine Curriculum
Workshops and rotations with fellowship-trained Sports Medicine faculty
Opportunity to be team physician at area high schools and colleges
Ultrasound guided injections, gait analysis

23. What Makes Us Unique Faculty Dedicated to Teaching
Wednesday afternoons are protected lecture time
Daily Morning Report on inpatient services
Variety of faculty strengths
and interests
Women’s Health, endoscopy,
acupuncture, osteopathy,
obstetrics, pain management

24. What Makes Us Unique
“Family Atmosphere”

25. What Makes Us Unique
“Family Atmosphere”

26. What Our Grads Are Doing
Sampling of where some of our grads since 2004 have been assigned:
Ramstein AB, Germany Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
Osan AB, Korea Aviano AB, Italy
RAF Upwood, U.K. Eglin AFB, Florida (faculty)
Nellis AFB Nevada, (faculty) Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Sampling of our grads’ deployments in past 4 years:
Ali Al-Salem AB, Kuwait Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan
Kirkuk AB, Iraq Balad AB, Iraq
Camp Bucca, Iraq Manas AB, Krygyzstan

27. Faculty Experience 15 Full-Time Faculty
10 Military, 5 Civilian
2 Clinical pharmacists and 3 clinical social workers
9 Military Faculty have overseas experience
Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Germany, Korea, U.K., Ethiopia, Japan
1 OB Fellow, 4 DOs, 2 Sports Med
3 credentialed in C-sections, 3 in endoscopy

28. The Local Area Belleville, Illinois
Excellent cost of living
Average home price in Belleville in 2009 was $123,357
Top-notch public and private schools
20 minutes to St. Louis
4 hours to Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, or Memphis

29. The Local Area “Metro East”
Lakes, water parks, minor league baseball, and family fun within minutes!

30. St. Louis Sports and Attractions

31. St. Louis Family Activities
FREE Zoo, Science Center, Museums
20-30 minute drive from Belleville!

32. Contact Us Marjorie Guthrie M.D., Program Director
Matthew Snyder M.D., Military Program Director
Macia Noorman, Residency Coordinator and Recruiting
Point of Contact for visiting students
or (618) x4405
Tina Kearney, M.D., Medical Student Coordinator
Chief Residents