University of Alabama Medical Centerm (Huntsville) Program

ACGME number: 1200111023
Program Director: Nancy Yoakum Blevins MD, FAAFP
Address: 301 Governors Dr Sw Rm 334
Huntsville, Alabama 35801-5123
Phone: (256) 551-4631
Email: nyb@uab.edu
Website: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/huntsville-family-medicine/


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Program Description

The UAB Huntsville Family Medicine Residency Program has been training family physicians for more than 40 years. Over 25% of the family physicians in Alabama trained here in the state's first family medicine residency. Our 450+ graduates have touched countless lives as private practitioners, faculty physicians, hospitalists, geriatricians, proceduralists, hospital executives, and representatives at local, state and national levels of organized medicine.Our primary inpatient site, Huntsville Hospital is a 941 regional referral center with a Level 1 trauma center. Our Family Medicine Center is the largest primary care practice in North Alabama and serves as the medical home to a widely diverse patient population. In terms of diagnoses, volume, and acuity these teaching sites are uniquely equipped to offer ample training opportunities within the framework of a supportive learning environment to ensure that our residents graduate with the medical knowledge, skills, competence, and confidence necessary to succeed in any type of practice they plan to enter.

Community Setting

Urban

Suburban

Top 3 Program Strengths

No strengths provided

Primary Admitting Hospital

Huntsville Hospital

Length of Program

3 Years

Clinic Funding

No federal or government clinic funding

Positions

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
Offered:

PGY-1: 12

PGY-2: 12

PGY-3: 12

Filled:

PGY-1: 12

PGY-2: 12

PGY-3: 11

Has Residential Organization

No

Required ICU Rotations

Less than two months

Required General Surgery Rotations

Less than two months

Required Maternity Rotations

Three months

Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

None

Required Pediatrics Rotations

Five months

Offers International Rotations

Yes
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Half Day Table (years 1-n)

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
Half days

PGY-1: 2

PGY-2: 3

PGY-3: 4

Hospital Trips Table (years 1-n)

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
Call from home trips to hospital

PGY-1: None

PGY-2: None

PGY-3: None

Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
Average In hospital night calls

PGY-1: None

PGY-2: None

PGY-3: None

Night Float

PGY-1:

Yes

PGY-2:

Yes

PGY-3:

Yes

Has Computer Documentation

Yes

Offers Rural Rotations

Yes

Has Electronic Health Records

Yes

Primary Admitting Hospital

Huntsville Hospital

Total Hospital Beds

881

Full Time Doctor Faculty

9

Full Time Other Faculty

3

Total Rotation Hospitals

2

Total Admitting Hospitals

1

Total Family Practice Centers

1

Has Federally Qualified Rotations

Yes

Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
Salary

NA

NA

NA

Weeks of Vacation

PGY-1: 3

PGY-2: 3

PGY-3: 3

Benefits

  • Meals

  • Life Insurance

  • Disability Insurance

  • Liability Insurance

  • Health Insurance

  • Sick Leave / Personal Time

  • Parking

  • Fitness Center

  • Time off for conferences

Offers Fellowship

Yes

Fellowship offered

Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

No

Offers Clerkship

Yes