Mountain Area Health Education Center (Boone) Program

ACGME number: 1203600672
Program Director: Molly Anne Benedum MD, FAAFP
Address: 148 Highway 105 Ext Ste 102
Boone, North Carolina 28607-5682
Phone: (828) 386-9988
Email: mbenedum@apprhs.org
Website: https://mahec.net/residency-and-student-info/residency-programs/family-medicine-boone


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Program Description

Our program has unique features and is specifically designed to train full-scope family doctors to serve in rural and underserved settings like the one here in the beautiful mountains of Boone, NC. From your first day, you are treated as an integral member of the team. Your training will allow you to experience a large breadth of knowledge, procedural skills, and ultimately life as a family doctor while you take care of patients in the delivery room, intensive care unit, nursing homes, and home visits. Clinical opportunities are longitudinal to emphasize the continuity of care across settings as well as the relationships with the people we help find health and wellness. As a program in a small mountain town, leadership and influence take many forms including community outreach, school-based health, hospital committees, and serving the most vulnerable patients. Your teachers are experienced family doctors and other health professionals who share the desire to make a difference.

Community Setting

Rural

Top 3 Program Strengths

No strengths provided

Primary Admitting Hospital

UNC Health Appalacian

Length of Program

3 Years

Clinic Funding

No federal or government clinic funding

Positions

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
Offered:

PGY-1: 6

PGY-2: 6

PGY-3: 6

Filled:

PGY-1: 6

PGY-2: 5

PGY-3: 4

Has Residential Organization

No

Required ICU Rotations

Less than two months

Required General Surgery Rotations

Less than two months

Required Maternity Rotations

Two months

Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

None

Required Pediatrics Rotations

Two 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: 2

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

Offers Rural Rotations

Yes

Primary Admitting Hospital

UNC Health Appalacian

Total Hospital Beds

117

Full Time Doctor Faculty

3

Full Time Other Faculty

1

Total Rotation Hospitals

2

Total Admitting Hospitals

1

Total Family Practice Centers

2

Has Federally Qualified Rotations

No

Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
Salary

PGY-1: $59,166

PGY-2: $61,171

PGY-3: $63,288

Weeks of Vacation

PGY-1: 3

PGY-2: 3

PGY-3: 3

Benefits

  • Sick Leave / Personal Time

  • Time off for conferences

  • Parking

  • Meals

  • Fitness Center

  • Disability Insurance

  • Life Insurance

  • Health Insurance

  • Liability Insurance

  • AAFP Membership

  • Medical license fee

  • DEA license fee

Offers Fellowship

Yes

Fellowship offered

Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

No

Offers Clerkship

Yes