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 civ. 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 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

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 Oversees USAF clinics
Site for some outpatient rotations
“Super-clinic” (outpatient services only) since 2005
Still offers Radiology, OB/GYN, Minor Procedures, Derm, IM, Peds, Flight Medicine

9. St. Elizabeth Hospital
Primary site for clinical rotations (medicine/OB)
Over 180 patient beds
Over 40 medical specialties on staff
To include neurosurgery, interventional cardiology, neonatal intensive care, plastic surgery, and more

10. Southern Illinois Health Foundation
Oversees the civilian 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/E.R.
Outpatient Surgery
On-line library access
Opportunity to teach medical students

12. Curriculum—PGY 1 4 wks “core month” 16 wks inpatient medicine
4 wks inpatient OB
4 wks inpatient nursery
4 wks inpatient peds
4 wks emergency room
4 wks outpatient OB
4 wks outpatient peds
4 wks orthopedics
4 wks inpatient surgery
4 wks geriatrics

13. Curriculum—PGY 2 4 wks inpatient medicine 4 wks ICU 4 wks cardiology
4 wks OB night float
4 wks scholarly project
4 wks peds E.R.
4 wks outpatient surgery
4 wks outpatient peds
4 wks behavioral med
4 wks outpatient procedures
4 wks rural medicine
4 wks gynecology

14. Curriculum—PGY 3 4 wks inpatient medicine 4 wks inpatient “faculty”
6 wks surgical subs
urology, ophtho, ENT
2 wks neurology
4 wks G.I.
4 wks sports medicine
4 wks practice mgt
4 wks community med
4 wks dermatology
20 elective wks (PG2-3)

15. Military Unique Curriculum
Combat Casualty Care Course (with ATLS)
2 wks, PGY3, in Texas
CSTARS (Trauma Course)
2 wks, PGY3, at SLU
Goal 36 hours of formal didactics by graduation
Profiles, deployments, etc
Elective opportunities
Aerospace Medicine Primary Course, infect. disease, etc

16. Call Schedule PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
1 week of night float during inpatient months
7 days of short call during inpatient medicine months
PGY-2
Q4 on inpatient medicine and ICU
Q7-14 on remaining rotations
PGY-3
Q4 on inpatient medicine and “faculty” rotations
No other scheduled overnight calls

17. Continuity Clinic
Will easily exceed RRC Requirement of 1650 clinic patient encounters over 3 yrs 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 underserved population
20-30 ICU admits/month
Unopposed opportunity for inpatient procedures
Central lines, vents, LP, intubation, thoracentesis

21. What Makes Us Unique Unparalleled OB and Procedural Training
OB fellow on staff
Most Residents exceed 70 deliveries/15 continuity
Skin biopsy, colposcopy, LEEP, EMB, vasectomy, injections, IUD, Implanon
Colonoscopy/C-Section precepted by FP
Add’l opportunities have given some grads c-scopes/50+ c-sections

22. What Makes Us Unique Sports Med Curriculum
Workshops with sports med 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
Weds afternoons set aside for conferences
Daily Morning Report on inpatient services
Variety of faculty strengths and interests
Women’s Health, endoscopy, acupuncture, osteopathy, obstetrics

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 yrs:
Ali Al-Salem AB, Kuwait Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan
Kirkuk AB, Iraq Balad AB, Iraq
Camp Bucca, Iraq Manas AB, Krygyzstan

27. Faculty Experience 16 Full-Time Faculty
11 Military, 5 Civilian
6 Military Faculty have overseas experience
Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Germany, Korea, U.K.
1 OB Fellow, 1 Geriatric Fellow, 1 DO, 1 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 Lt. Col. Tammy Lindsay, M.D., Associate Program Director
Ms. Theresa Moore, Residency Coordinator
Tina Kearney, M.D., Medical Student Coordinator