Georgia Graduate Medical Education (GME)
Jan 01, 2016
GME RESIDENCIES IN GEORGIAAT MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (MUSM) PARTNER
HOSPITALS
Residency Location 2014 Quotas
Medical Center of Central Georgia 33Medical Center of Columbus 12Memorial University Medical Center 41
Total 86
APPROVED GME PROGRAMSIN MUSM PARTNER HOSPITALS
Program Quota in 2014
Family Medicine 21
Internal Medicine 21
Medicine-Preliminary 6
Obstetrics-Gynecology 8
Pediatrics 14
General Surgery 9
Transitional-Family Medicine 3
Radiology-Diagnostic 4
Total 86
82=core specialty
MUSM
RESIDENCY SELECTION BY CLASS BY CORE SPECIALTY 2010-2014
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Graduates Entering a Core Specialty Program
32 38 51 54 72
Percentage 55 59 61 61 76Total Graduates Entering
Residency 58 65 84 90 97
Residency Quotas by Core Specialty in state-290Residency Quotas by Core Specialty at MUSM Partners-82
COMPARISON SELECTIONS – MERCER CLASSES
Class of 2011 Class of 2012
Class of 2013 Class of 2014
Core Specialties 38 (59%) 51 (61%) 54(61%) 72 (76%)
FM 2 2 2 8
IM 14 15 24 26
Pediatrics 7 17 16 13
Ob-Gyn 5 5 5 9
General Surgery
8 12 4 9
Med/Peds 2 0 3 1
EM 5 7 5 6
GMEMUSM GRADUATES’ RESIDENCY CHOICE
Location of Residency # of MUSM Graduates Location of Residency # of MUSM Graduates
Georgia 108 Tennessee 28
Florida 20 North Carolina 31
Alabama 24 South Carolina 49
Mississippi 6 Virginia 25
Arkansas 4 Louisiana 3
Of the current 399 MUSM graduates in residency, 75% (298) are in the above 10 southern states
GME’S IMPACT ON GEORGIA’S PHYSICIAN
POPULATIONMercer Graduates in Practice
(through 2013)914 total
89% 378 chose a Georgia residency program
336 are Georgia doctors today
GME’S IMPACT ON GEORGIA’S PHYSICIAN
POPULATIONMercer Graduates in Practice
(through 2013)
914 total
52%536 chose an out of state residency
281 are Georgia doctors today52%=national average
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AT MUSM
Family Medicine Accelerated Track ProgramThe Accelerated Track in Family Medicine (ACT-FM) program (1 of only 2 in the nation) allows for students interested in a career in Family Medicine the opportunity to complete their medical school coursework in an accelerated 3 year program of study. Currently offered in Savannah this program also gives preference for residency slots at our partner hospital-Memorial University Medical Center.
Rural Training Track Residency ProgramSandersville, Georgia
The “rural training track” model is designed to give residents a broad, procedurally-based, hands-on experience in rural family medicine during residency.
MUSM OPPORTUNITIES
• Expansion of the Accelerated Track Curriculum to other MUSM campuses and core specialties of internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics-gynecology
• Full development of the rural training track residency program in Sandersville as a pilot for future expansion into other rural communities.
Rural Training Track Residency ProgramSandersville, Georgia
Jean Sumner, M.D.•Mercer University School of Medicine
First graduating class-1986
Earned the Distinguished Graduate Award and the
Physician’s Physician Award
•Residency in internal medicine at Medical Center of Central
Georgia
•Opened Washington County Internal Medicine in 1990
"When you are a doctor in a small town, you're a doctor first…. I personally think it is an absolute privilege to be in a small town. I don't think you can have a more demanding job than that of being a small-town
doctor. But I really don't think you can have a better one!"
Carter Wallace-Pediatrics-Columbus, GACarter Wallace-Pediatrics-Columbus, GA Forrest Powers-Internal Medicine-Conyers, GAForrest Powers-Internal Medicine-Conyers, GA
Spencer Hutto-Internal Medicine-Douglas, GASpencer Hutto-Internal Medicine-Douglas, GA Shayla Thomas-Family Medicine-Douglas, GAShayla Thomas-Family Medicine-Douglas, GA