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RESIDENCY
P R O G R A M S
INTERNAL MEDICINE
PAT H O L O G Y – A N AT O M I C & C L I N I C A L
RADIOLOGY–DIAGNOSTIC
SURGERY
TRANSITIONAL YEAR
Baptist Health System is committed to delivering faith-based, high-quality and compassionate
health care, while empowering our patients to achieve their best health. We are committed to
reinventing the way health care is delivered by applying innovative solutions and technologies
to advance safety, value and convenience in each patient experience.
OUR VALUES:
INTEGRITY
Constantly sticking to a strict moral or ethical code in public and in
private. It presents the idea of wholeness. This means that there is
no compromise for integrity.
OUR
PURPOSE
To Honor
God and
Others
COMPASSION
The deep awareness of the suffering of other people along with the
desire and attempt to relieve it. It is ministering to the body, mind
and spirit of those entrusted to our care, and treating others as we
would want to be treated.
ADVOCACY
Taking action for, defending or recommending an idea. Advocacy
is an ongoing process that tries to change attitudes or actions.
We continuously search for ways to improve the well-being of the
communities God has given us the privilege of serving....always
striving to do more and better.
RESOURCEFULNESS
The ability to take what is given to you and use it effectively or
imaginatively. We are challenged to be careful and responsible
stewards of the God-given resources that have been entrusted to
us. We are taught that to those who wisely used what they had,
more was given.
EXCELLENCE
The commitment to reach higher and exceed expectations at every
level of the organization through cooperation, sharing of new ideas
and an obsession for quality. Scriptures teach us “whatever we do,
we are to do it with excellence and enthusiasm, as unto the Lord.”
In the belief that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, the Baptist Health System does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment because of race, creed,
color, national origin, age, sex or religion. No applicant or employee is excluded from participation, denied benefits or subjected to discrimination solely by reason of his/her disability.
We
welcome your interest in the residency programs at Baptist Health System (BHS). We
would like to introduce you to one of the very best community based teaching programs in the
country. Medical Education is an important and integral part of the overall mission and activity of
BHS. As an underlying principle, BHS recognizes that quality patient care is greatly enhanced by
residency training programs in which bright, inquisitive, and energetic physicians and students
actively pursue the study of medicine. Baptist Health System demonstrates its commitment to
this concept by allocating extensive resources for the development and maintenance of excellent
postgraduate training programs, outstanding student clerkships, and high quality continuing
medical education.
Our residency programs are conducted at our two
teaching hospitals in Birmingham: Princeton Baptist
Medical Center on the west side and Trinity Medical
Center on the east side of the city. Both hospitals are
large, progressive, fully-accredited tertiary-care institutions, which serve very different patient populations
because of their own unique histories, demographics,
and referral patterns. This inherent diversity broadens
the patient base and physician faculty available for
clinical teaching. Our full-time faculty members have
extensive academic experience and are totally devoted to providing the best education possible for our
residents and rotating students. In addition, more than
200 clinician educators volunteer substantial time and
expertise to teaching our residents the needed skills
to provide exceptional patient care.
We believe that the learning environment at BHS is
among the very best anywhere. Professional and personal support is readily available through Medical Education offices at both locations, and appropriate quarters are provided for on-call residents and students. Excellent medical libraries,
which complement the ancillary services of our institutions, are accessible at both hospitals. BHS
residents are actively involved in scholarly activity including the preparation and publication
of clinical vignettes, participation in original clinical research, and presentation of their work at
national meetings.
We invite your inquiries and application to our residency programs. Baptist Health System offers a
firm commitment to excellence in medical education and training. We trust you will find BHS to be
the place where you will recognize your greatest potential in both the art and science of medicine.
Best wishes,
Elizabeth D. Ennis, M.D., FACP
Chief Medical Officer and Designated Institutional Official
Baptist Health System
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Our Mission and Values
Welcome Page
About Birmingham
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Teaching Hospitals
Princeton Baptist Medical Center
Trinity Medical Center
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BHS Residency Programs
Internal Medicine
Pathology–Anatomic and Clinical
Radiology–Diagnostic
General Surgery
Transitional Year
Residency Application & Contact Info
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BHS Elective Clerkships
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Surgery
Emergency Medicine
Gastroenterology
Hematology / Oncology
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine (General)
Nephrology
Clinical Neurology
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery / Sports Medicine
Otolaryngology
Pathology
Plastic Surgery
Pulmonary Medicine
Radiology
Surgery (General)
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Clerkship Contact / Inquiry / Application
How Do I Apply?
Clerkship Process
Housestaff Coordinators Contact Info
Medical Libraries
General Hospital Access Information
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Helpful Websites
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Bapti st HealthA labama.o rg
“Birmingham's
culinary scene is a
jewel, with nationally known chefs
and restaurants . . .
[and] tables full at
trendy bars and bistros nestled in old brick mercantile
buildings. The city's minor league baseball team relocated from the suburbs and is drawing big crowds to a new
downtown stadium that opens to Birmingham's skyline.
It's across the street from an urban park built on what
was an unsightly lot strewn with weeds and gravel along
railroad lines. Combine all that with a thriving nightclub
scene, new craft breweries and an entertainment district
that has started opening, and suddenly Birmingham is
becoming a hot spot for residents and visitors alike.”
–The Huffington Post, June 10, 2013
With a growing list of James Beard award-winning restaurants and nods from
national publications like GQ, USA Today, Esquire and Zagat’s, we’ve become a
veritable foodie playground. Add craft breweries, new urban parks, an entertainment district and a new downtown Minor League baseball park – and suddenly,
Birmingham, the “Magic City,” is a jewel for residents and visitors alike.
We’re Alabama’s largest city, and home to the second largest urban nature preserve in the country – Ruffner Mountain. We’re home to everything from the
Sidewalk Film Festival – an industry favorite that takes place every September
– to the Birmingham Museum of Art, which houses 10,000 works of art and the
largest collection of Wedgewood pieces in the world. There’s the Alabama Theatre
too, one of only a handful of 1920s movie palaces still in operation. For sports
enthusiasts there’s Barber Motorsports Park – the “Augusta of Motorsports,” the
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, which runs across the state, and Rickwood Field,
the nation’s oldest baseball park.
We embrace what makes us unique. Like
being the only place in the world where all
the ingredients for making iron are present: coal, iron ore and limestone—all within
a ten-mile radius. We love iron so much we
built Vulcan – the mythical god of metalworking and the largest cast iron statue in
the world. When we won the first place with
him in the World’s Fair in 1904, we decided
to give him a permanent home, atop Red
Mountain.
But we’re more than the sum of our parts –
there’s magic here.
Come see for yourself.
Images compliments of Birmingham Business Alliance, and
Greater Birmingham Conventions and Visitors Bureau.
The Teaching Hospitals
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
On its beautiful campus located just four miles west of downtown Birmingham’s business district, Princeton Baptist Medical Center has been a ministry of the Birmingham
Baptist Association since 1922. Princeton Baptist Medical Center draws its primary
market share from western Jefferson County. Princeton has a total of 505 licensed
beds with 54 ICU/Step-down beds, and a full service emergency department. Four
medical office buildings on the Princeton Baptist campus provide patients with access
to excellent primary care physicians and specialists.
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER’S STRENGTHS:
EXPANSION PROJECT: Princeton recently completed and opened
a $57 million expansion project which involves the renovation
of 60,000 square feet of existing space (including a complete renovation of the hospital’s 16 operating rooms) and
the addition of 90,000 square feet of new space.
NURSING CARE: Compassionate bedside nursing and an active
involvement with nurse education have been strengths since
1922. Princeton has clinical affiliation agreements with many
Nursing Education programs in the Birmingham area.
PHYSICIAN EXPERTISE:The Princeton Baptist medical staff is a
diverse staff of physicians who are committed to continuous
learning. Princeton is home to nationally well-respected residency programs in Pathology, Radiology, Medicine, Surgery
and Transitional Year. This active intellectual environment
contributes to Princeton’s earned reputation for state-ofthe-art care.
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A TEACHING ENVIRONMENT: Princeton Baptist is a training site for
many healthcare programs other than nursing and medical
care. One particularly special teaching relationship is with
the Auburn School of Pharmacy. We believe this teaching
relationship with Auburn helps our physicians and our nurses
to better ensure that our patients receive the correct medication at the right time and in the right amount.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: Princeton Baptist is a demonstration site
for General Electric diagnostic imaging. In other words, General Electric medical brings prospective clients to Princeton
to show how excellent equipment in the hands of well-trained
staff and physicians can improve both patient diagnosis and
efficiency.
HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE: Most importantly, we at Princeton Baptist consider our healthcare services as a calling to
ministry. Our chaplains, our medical staff, and our associates
approach patient care as an opportunity for service.
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER
The Trinity Medical Center campus, located southeast of downtown Birmingham on the south slope of Red
Mountain, is a 534-bed hospital in a health care complex that includes three professional office buildings, a
free-standing orthopedic and rehabilitation complex including a fitness center and indoor swimming pool, a
free-standing neuroscience center, a comprehensive cancer center, a 17-bed rehabilitation unit, a 51-bed psychiatric unit, and a designated Neuro ICU.
Trinity Medical Center will be relocating from its current campus to a new, $280 million hospital on Birmingham’s
Highway 280. The million square foot facility will house all services currently located on the Trinity campus. The
new hospital, to be known as Grandview Medical Center, is scheduled to open in December 2015.
SINCE OPENING ITS DOORS IN THE 1960s, TRINITY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR MANY
ACHIEVEMENTS. MOST RECENTLY, THOSE AWARDS HAVE INCLUDED:
- American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines – Gold Plus
- American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines – Gold Performance
Achievement Award for Stroke
- American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifetime STEMI Receiving Center
Performance Achievement Award – Silver
- American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Award – Gold
- American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR® ACTION Registry®–
GWTGTM Gold Performance Achievement Award
- Certified Chest Pain Center
- National Sleep Center Accreditation
- ASGE Quality in Endoscopy recognition
- The Joint Commission Recognition as a 2011 & 2012 Top Performer in Key
Quality Measures (heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement
and Bariatric Surgery
- Trinity Comprehensive Wound Care Center recognized as a Healogics
Center of Distinction
- American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Accreditation 2012
- Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry – ASCR Gold Standard for Quality,
Completeness, and Timeliness
In early 2014, Trinity Medical Center earned a
No. 1 rating for its performance on key quality
of care measures, according to information
released by The Commonwealth Fund website WhyNotTheBest.org. The hospital is the
only facility in Alabama, and among only 21
of 1,873 facilities rated nationwide, to receive
the top score of 100 percent.
2014 also saw Trinity Medical Center as the
first hospital in Alabama to implant in a patient the smallest insertable cardiac monitoring device available. The insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) is approximately one-third
the size of a AAA battery, making it more
than 80 percent smaller than other ICMs.
While significantly smaller, the device is part
of a powerful system that allows physicians
to continuously and wirelessly monitor a patient’s heart for up to three years, with 20
percent more data memory than its larger
predecessor.
INTERNAL MEDICINE
RESIDENCY PROGRAM
(NRMP #1903140P0 & #1903140C0)
PRELIMINARY MEDICINE (ONE
YEAR) RESIDENCY PROGRAM
(NRMP #1903140P0)
OBJECTIVE
To provide an initial year of clinical training in Internal Medicine for physicians
who plan a future residency in a non-surgical specialty (e.g., neurology, physical
medicine/rehab), or for those physicians
who haven’t yet decided on a definite
career path.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
TIFFANY J. LEWIS, M.D., FACP
THE PROGRAM
This PGY-1 training program consists
of a minimum of 8 months in rotations
on general internal medicine and resident-selected medical subspecialty
services, 1 month in the Emergency Department and 1 month in Ambulatory
Medicine. Two months of elective time is
provided. Preliminary medicine residents
are expected to take part in all of the
educational activities required of PGY1 residents in the Categorical Medicine
residency. The physician successfully
completing a year in the BHS Preliminary
Medicine Program is eligible to pursue
further training in Internal Medicine at
the PGY-2 level, and will have met the
ABIM requirements for the first year of
postgraduate training.
ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
ERIN C. TOWNSLEY, M.D., FACP
MICHAEL A. MOORE, M.D., FACP
CATEGORICAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(THREE YEAR) RESIDENCY PROGRAM
(NRMP #1903140C0)
OBJECTIVES
- To provide a learning environment that fosters the acquisition of knowledge and the diagnostic and therapeutic skills essential for general internal
medicine.
OVERVIEW
The Baptist Health System (BHS) Internal Medicine Residency Program has
prepared residents for the practice of
Internal Medicine and its subspecialties since 1972. The program combines
academic excellence in a community
hospital environment with the best
features of traditional university and
community programs. Our two tertiary care teaching hospitals, Princeton
and Trinity, are the sites where BHS
residents deliver care for patients with
challenging clinical problems. A diverse
patient population allows the resident
to see the spectrum of common and
uncommon disease processes and to
learn important diagnostic skills, develop clinical judgment, and practice
evidence-based medicine. A didactic
curriculum includes case-based lectures
on topics important to the general internist as well as those preparing for
subspecialty training.
BHS residents excel academically and
demonstrate this during research week.
PGY-1 residents prepare a case report
as well as a poster presentation of their
case. PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents design
and implement quality improvement
projects and present these in poster
format. There are also ample opportunities for all residents to participate
in clinical research. They consistently
demonstrate excellent performance on
the American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination, and those
who seek subspecialty fellowships have
been successful in obtaining positions
in their chosen subspecialty at a variety of prestigious institutions. For the
medical student seeking a stimulating,
challenging and collegial Internal Medicine residency program, BHS has much
to offer.
- To provide a broad experience in all of the medical subspecialties, thereby
strengthening the training of residents as generalists, and at the same
time exposing them to fields of interest for future subspecialty training.
- To nurture the learning of the art and science of medicine, with particular
emphasis on the humanistic qualities needed by the compassionate and
caring physician.
- To foster the practice of evidence-based medicine through frequent didactic lectures, journal club and literature review.
- To prepare physicians in training for future practice in an ever-changing
medical and social environment, emphasizing quality improvement, cost
effectiveness, preventive medicine, and ambulatory care.
- To assure that medicine residents at BHS obtain the necessary training and
credentials for certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine
and to assist those residents in preparation for the ABIM certifying exam.
THE PROGRAM
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Internal Medicine residents participate in the
care of a large and diverse patient population
derived from the private practices of the faculty, referrals from outlying areas, and from the
housestaff clinic. Inpatient service assignments
are split between the Princeton Baptist campus
and the Trinity campus. Rotations on subspecialty medicine services are required in addition to
rotations on general internal medicine services.
Elective months in areas of particular interest are
provided. Experience in critical care is gained on
all inpatient services as residents follow their own
patients in the intensive care units and is supplemented by a rotation in critical care. Ambulatory
training is emphasized throughout the three year
program, with a weekly continuity care clinic beginning in the first year. During the second year
this increases to twice weekly. Block rotations
broaden the ambulatory care experience. In addition, many traditional inpatient rotations have
ambulatory components.
Curriculum and rotations are structured to meet the requirements
of the Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine and the
American Board of Internal Medicine. This includes rotations in general internal medicine and subspecialty medicine, geriatrics, hospitalist medicine, emergency medicine, neurology, and ambulatory
care, during the 3 years of the Internal Medicine residency.
The patient-centered clinical training that serves
as the basis for the BHS Internal Medicine residency is supplemented and strengthened
through a regular series of lectures derived from
a core curriculum of subjects important for all
internists. Morning report, journal club, and nonclinical conferences on ethics, informatics and
practice management issues help round out the
educational experience of our residents. Excellent medical libraries staffed by full-time librarians are available at both Princeton and Trinity.
Computer facilities for use in literature searches
as well as for other educational purposes are accessible to residents at all times. The program
also has a simulation lab with mannequins to help
train residents in a variety of procedural skills including intubation, central venous line placement
and many more.
The faculty of the BHS Internal Medicine Residency program include outstanding teachers
and clinicians with years of experience in both
academic medicine and private practice. A core
of faculty members with a full-time commitment
to the program in each hospital is supplemented
by excellent and enthusiastic volunteer faculty.
Chief Medical Residents (CMR) recruited from
our program assist with educational programs
such as providing didactic lectures each month
to medical students and coordinating topics for
morning report. In addition, CMRs work hand in
hand with full-time faculty members to establish
and carry out program policies. CMRs are provided excellent opportunities to assist with patient
care activities by serving as clinic supervisors
and attending on the inpatient medicine service.
PGY-1 RESIDENTS
First year medicine residents rotate on both private medicine services and the housestaff medicine services. Emergency medicine,
ambulatory medicine, internal medicine and subspecialty rotations
complement the experience in general internal medicine. PGY-1
medicine residents cover a month of night float and stay overnight
every other weekend during staff medicine months.
PGY-2/PGY-3 RESIDENTS
Upper level residents will assume progressively greater responsibility for patient care and for supervising and teaching junior residents
and medical students. Rotations on Internal Medicine and subspecialty services will be supplemented by electives on nonmedicine
specialties and ambulatory block months. Upper level residents
have an opportunity to individualize their educational experience.
Night call will be no more often than every fourth night, and generally can be expected to be less frequent. Alternate weekends free
of clinical responsibilities will be scheduled.
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
In addition to required attendance at regularly scheduled conferences on campus, internal medicine residents are encouraged to
expand their education by attending local, regional and national scientific meetings. Financial support is provided to PGY-2 and PGY-3
residents for approved scientific meetings as well as a board review
course during the final year of training. Associate membership in the
American College of Physicians is sponsored by BHS. Educational
materials including a yearly textbook stipend are provided.
BEYOND THE INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY
Physicians who successfully complete an internal medicine residency at BHS have a variety of attractive career options. Practice
opportunities for internists at BHS or elsewhere in the state and
region are numerous. Those graduates of our program who have
chosen to pursue subspecialty training have obtained fellowships in
excellent institutions, and outstanding residents may be given the
opportunity to spend a fourth year as a Chief Medical Resident and
Instructor in Medicine in our program, with faculty level responsibilities and autonomy. Finally, both hospitals have large Hospitalist
groups that recruit strongly within the program.
ANATOMIC AND CLINICAL
PATHOLOGY RESIDENCY PROGRAM
(NRMP #1903300C0)
OBJECTIVES
THE PROGRAM
The objectives of the residency
program in anatomic and clinical
pathology are:
The Pathology Department at Princeton
Baptist and Trinity offers a four-year program in anatomic and clinical pathology
which fulfills the requirements of the American Board of Pathology for combined certification. The training is conducted within
Princeton Baptist and Trinity with specific
rotations to Children’s Hospital, the State
of Alabama Forensic Science Laboratory,
and a private flow cytometry molecular /
diagnostics laboratory.
- To offer the opportunity to acquire
a broad and in-depth understanding of the subject matter in anatomic and clinical pathology.
- To provide experience in the techniques and methodology used in
this discipline.
- To provide experience in the interpretation and clinical correlation of
laboratory data, and in the management of the laboratory.
- To provide the credentials required
for combined certification by the
American Board of Pathology.
The departments process over 17,000 surgical specimens a year from all of the major
surgical specialties. The clinical laboratories
include advanced methodology and instrumentation. Over 700 different types of clinical laboratory procedures are performed
in the two institutions. The faculty includes
seven pathologists, including several with
subspecialty certification in areas such as
hematopathology, neuropathology and cytopathology.
During the first two years, the majority of
the resident’s time is spent in autopsy and
surgical pathology rotations at Princeton
Baptist and Trinity. However, interspersed
in these two years, the resident will have
four to six one-month rotations in various
areas of the clinical laboratory such as hematology, clinical chemistry, blood bank,
and bacteriology.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
KIM M. PARKER, M.D., FACP
GLORIA K. HUTCHINSON, M.D.
During the third and fourth years, the resident will continue to acquire knowledge
through rotations in general areas of anatomic and clinical pathology at Princeton
Baptist and Trinity, but will also have rotations in pediatric pathology, forensic pathology, flow cytometry, molecular diagnostics
and dermatopathology. Elective time is also
scheduled during these two years. At the
end of four years of pathology residency
training, the resident will have spent at
least 18 months concentrating on clinical
pathology and up to 30 months with emphasis on anatomic pathology.
The pathology residency program is affiliated with the University of Alabama
School of Medicine and, in certain specialty fields, the residents rotate through
facilities at the University.
Evaluation of the residents occurs formally at least twice a year, but informal
feed-back is provided regularly during
each rotation. In addition, the residents
also formally evaluate the program and
the faculty at regular intervals.
Time and monetary support are provided for residents in the second and subsequent years of training to attend postgraduate courses as well as regional and
national meetings. In addition, funding
is provided for a board review course
during the final year of training.
The emphasis of the program is to train
physicians who are equipped to enter the
private practice of pathology immediately upon completion of residency training
or who are prepared for subspecialty pathology fellowship training. Our recent
graduates have succeeded in obtaining
fellowship positions at numerous academic institutions including: Wake Forest University, University of Tennessee
- Knoxville, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Chicago, M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center, New York University, and
University of Alabama Hospitals.
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
RESIDENCY PROGRAM
(NRMP #1903420C0)
OBJECTIVES
The diagnostic radiology residency program provides an opportunity for development
of the knowledge and technical skill necessary for the practice of diagnostic radiology with emphasis on training in an environment that reflects the clinical practice of
radiology. Providing the credentials, case material and didactic education necessary
for certification by the American Board of Radiology are the paramount objectives
of the program.
Although based in a private practice atmosphere, the basic and physical sciences
of radiology are also emphasized. Clinical and basic science research are also encouraged. This combination affords residents the opportunity to pursue academic
fellowships and other academic positions in radiology, if desired.
Because radiologic diagnosis is important to essentially all physicians, the program
provides an opportunity for medical students and residents in non-radiologic disciplines to learn the fundamentals of radiologic interpretation and to participate in the
daily activity of a radiological practice.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
BIBB ALLEN, JR., M.D., FACR
ALLEN B. GROVES, M.D.
COLIN C. STEWART, M.D.
THE PROGRAM
The philosophy of the program allows residents to assume a
large amount of clinical responsibility while remaining under
supervision of the radiology faculty. The complete program
(NRMP 1903420C0) includes a clinical year under the supervision of the Transitional Year Program faculty followed by
four years of diagnostic radiology.
CLINICAL YEAR
The clinical year is provided through the Baptist Health
System’s Transitional Year program and is specifically designed to expose the incoming radiology resident to subspecialty areas where knowledge of the clinical and surgical aspects of disease processes in that subspecialty are important
for understanding and interpreting the radiological findings.
Rotations in the Transitional Year program include general surgery, ambulatory medicine, inpatient general internal
medicine and critical care medicine, as well as electives. The
last month of this clinical year is spent in a diagnostic radiology rotation.
The clinical year in BHS’ Transitional Year program is granted automatically through the NRMP match process. If you
successfully match into the Diagnostic Radiology program,
then you are also automatically matched into the Transitional
Year program.
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
There are typically three residents at each level of training in
the program. Exceptions have been made by the ACGME to
allow additional residents at any given time under extraordinary circumstances. Occasionally, one of the residents in
the clinical year switches to another specialty creating an
opening in the four-year program. PGY-2 applicants to the
four-year program must have completed at least one year of
clinical training in an ACGME-accredited program.
Over the four-year program, 41 months of clinical diagnostic
radiology rotations are provided at Baptist Health System
teaching hospitals, equally divided between the Trinity Medical Center campus and the Princeton Baptist Medical Center
campus. These rotations provide training in mammography,
vascular and interventional radiology, neuroradiology, nuclear medicine, diagnostic ultrasound, vascular ultrasound,
gastrointestinal radiology, genitourinary radiology, chest radiology and skeletal radiology. Five months of clinical diagnostic radiology rotations are performed outside of Baptist
Health System teaching hospitals, with four months at The
Children’s Hospital for pediatric radiology, and one month
at the University of Alabama Hospital for cardiac radiology.
There is an opportunity for 2 one month electives including
one month at the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) Radiologic Pathology Correlation Course. Didactic
courses in radiologic physics are offered at the University of
Alabama Hospital as one or two-hour lectures over approximately eight weeks each year. Residents are required to take
the American College of Radiology In-Training Examination
each year.
The following table summarizes the subspecialty training
residents receive in the diagnostic radiology program. The
subspecialties are those recognized by the American Board
of Radiology:
Mammography
CV Radiology (UAB)
Interventional Radiology
Neuroradiology
Pediatric Radiology (Children’s)
Nuclear Medicine
Ultrasound
GI Radiology
GU Radiology
Chest Radiology
Skeletal Radiology
AIRP
Elective
3 Months
1 Month
6 Months
6 Months
4 Months
5 Months
3 Months
5 Months
4 Months
4 Months
5 Months
1 Month
1 Month
TOTAL
48 Months
SPECIFIC ROTATIONS
CONFERENCES AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Assignments during the first year of radiology training include one month of inpatient fluoroscopy, one month of nuclear medicine, five months of imaging rotations (computed
tomography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging),
two months of chest radiology and plain films, one month of
pediatric radiology and two months of outpatient radiology.
Throughout the four-year program, daily conferences are
held or supervised by the program faculty at each hospital.
Other conferences include monthly residents’ conferences,
inter-departmental residents’ conferences, pathology-radiology conferences and guest lecturers. Frequent informal clinical, radiological and pathological case reviews are conducted
on cases of special interest. The residents are also invited
to attend the various medical and surgical conferences and
grand rounds.
The second year assignments include three months of angiography, one month of inpatient fluoroscopy, one month of
nuclear medicine, three months of imaging rotations (computed tomography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging), two months of outpatient radiology, one month of
breast imaging, one month of pediatric radiology and three
months of cardiovascular and interventional radiology.
Physics courses during the first and second years cover
general radiation physics, radiation biology and the physics
of computed tomography, ultrasound, digital imaging and
magnetic resonance imaging. Physics of nuclear medicine
including quality control and safety are included in the first
two years.
During the third year, clinical assignments include three
months cardiovascular and interventional radiology, one
month of chest radiology, two months of outpatient radiology, one month of pediatric radiology, and four months of
imaging rotations (computed tomography, ultrasound and
magnetic resonance imaging) and one month at the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology. Third year physics
includes a general review of physics in preparation for the
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Core Examination.
Fourth year rotations include two months of cardiovascular
and interventional radiology, two months of nuclear medicine, two months of imaging (computed tomography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging), one month of
breast imaging, two months of outpatient radiology, one
month of cardiac radiology, one month of pediatric radiology,
and one month of elective time.
The American College of Radiology teaching files are available at both teaching hospitals for resident review. Other
educational materials are available including a subscription
to StatDx.
RADIOLOGY FACULTY AND HOSPITAL FACILITIES
Sixteen diagnostic radiologists are involved with resident
education in our program in addition to the faculty at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital and the Children’s Hospital. Faculty subspecialization includes fellowship
training in interventional radiology, neuroradiology, abdominal imaging, musculoskeletal radiology and nuclear medicine. In addition, three radiation oncologists and a radiation
physicist are available for consultation.
State-of-the-art imaging equipment, including six MR scanners and nine CT scanners, is present within our system. State
of the art nuclear medicine equipment is available including
PET-CT at both hospitals. More than 100,000 diagnostic radiological studies are done each year at each hospital, including several hundred interventional procedures at each
hospital.
Radiology residents participate daily in radiological examinations and interpretation, and each resident will perform
numerous vascular and image-guided interventional procedures during their training. During the nuclear medicine
rotations, residents become familiar with PET and SPECT
scintillation cameras, total body scanners, dosage calculation
and administration, patient positioning, instrumentation and
interpretation.
RESIDENTS
Over the years, many residents completing our program
have completed fellowship training at numerous institutions
across the country. Residents have entered practice in both
academic and private settings and are practicing not only
in the southeast but across the country.
GENERAL SURGERY
RESIDENCY PROGRAM
(NRMP# 1903440C0) & (NRMP# 1903440P0)
OBJECTIVES
Baptist Health System offers two options for training
in general surgery: a five-year Categorical program,
leading to eligibility for examination by the American
Board of Surgery; and a Preliminary program offering
preparation for further training in a surgical or related
specialty. The primary objective of our programs is to
provide comprehensive training in surgery to prepare
surgeons for independent practice or for additional
specialty training. We strive to achieve excellence in
patient care for the full range of surgical disorders and
to instill an academic mindset toward clinical practice
and an appreciation of basic concepts of surgical research. We believe that optimal training of surgeons
occurs in a collegial atmosphere, where patients and
professional colleagues are treated with respect and
sensitivity to their needs as persons.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
E. SHIELDS FREY, M.D., FACS
ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
DEREK E. ROBINSON, M.D.
THE ONE-YEAR SURGERY
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
(NRMP #1903440P0)
There are five positions in the first year for those seeking
a firm base of general surgery experience before going
on to training in their terminal residency program.
The Preliminary program is designed to develop judgment, skill and knowledge in the management of problems basic to all fields of surgery. Typically, a resident
will be assigned to rotate through ten months of general surgery and two months of electives which are
planned to meet the needs of each resident. Experience
in clinical research is offered.
ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
STEVEN SCARCLIFF, M.D.
THE FIVE-YEAR GENERAL
SURGERY CATEGORICAL
PROGRAM
(NRMP #1903440C0)
There are four categorical positions in the
five-year General Surgery Program. During
the first three years, residents are assigned
to general surgery, plastic surgery, pediatric surgery, transplantation, cardiovascular/
thoracic surgery, and one or more months in
anesthesiology, trauma surgery, and otolaryngology. The fourth year includes thoracic
surgery, vascular surgery, surgical endoscopy, trauma, and general surgery. Some of
these rotations may be arranged at other institutions, such as the University of Alabama
at Birmingham Hospital, the Children’s Hospital of Alabama and DCH Health System of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
During the fifth year, the chief resident is
responsible for direction and operation of
the staff services and the outpatient referral clinics for several months each at the
Princeton Baptist campus and the Trinity
campus. Under the supervision of faculty
members at each hospital, the chief resident
cares for patients with the full spectrum of
surgical diseases. Endoscopic examinations
are performed by the residents.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Throughout the training program, residents
have close relationships with the clinical
faculty in both general surgery and the
surgical specialties. On several services, a
preceptor style of instruction allows direct
contact between junior residents and faculty members. Most of the preceptors are
experienced teachers and provide a rich
resource for the residents. On other larger
services, senior and junior residents work
together as teams. As experience increases,
residents are given increasing responsibility
for management of patients.
We expect this graded responsibility to produce surgeons who are technically proficient,
knowledgeable and highly competent in
pre- and post-operative care, and who are
personally able to relate to patients in a compassionate, effective and responsible way.
Training is provided primarily at Princeton Baptist and Trinity,
which have a total of 1,039 beds, including a surgical bed
capacity of over 200. More than 16,000 major operations
and 11,000 minor and ambulatory surgeries are performed
each year. Generally residents average six months of each
year at each hospital. In addition to the chief resident’s staff
service at each hospital, residents are assigned to two or
more private services depending on case loads and training requirements. Pediatric surgery experience is obtained
at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama and transplantation
and trauma at University Hospital. Trauma experience is also
obtained at DCH Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A schedule of conferences and bedside teaching by experienced
faculty members are regular parts of the weekly program.
Basic science conferences are also held regularly throughout
the year. The BHS General Surgery Program adheres to the
ACGME duty hours policy.
Evaluation of residents is a continuing process, which includes reports from all preceptors, periodic reviews by the
teaching faculty at each hospital, and evaluations during
conferences and teaching rounds. Residents are counseled
regularly. The American Board of Surgery in-training examination is given annually. Residents provide regular feedback
for evaluation of attending surgeons and clinical experience
for ongoing program improvements.
Residents receive a rich operative experience at the Baptist
Health System. Evidence of this is seen as residents enter
their cases in the ACGME case log system. The graduating
chiefs can expect to participate in greater than 1,000 cases
during their five years.
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, READING, AND RESEARCH
Each hospital conducts surgical conferences to provide
tracking of morbidity and mortality and regular didactic
teaching sessions. Additional conferences in medicine, pathology, radiology and pharmacology are held regularly at
each hospital. Regular multidisciplinary conferences, such
as tumor board, are also available.
Excellent library facilities available at both locations include
computer access to literature searches and other on-line programs. A supervised journal club meets regularly. Computers
are designated for resident use at both hospitals.
Residents are expected to complete a clinical or basic research project for publication. Time for full-time research
may be assigned, and limited funding is available. Numerous
opportunities are available for successful completion of research projects within the time constraints of the residency
program with assistance provided on an as needed basis.
Residents are encouraged to present their findings at local, regional, or national meetings. Attendance at surgical
meetings or courses may be available when approved by the
Program Director. Support is available for such presentations.
SURGERY MEMBERSHIP AND BENEFITS
- ACS
- SCORE
- Surgical loupes for categorical residents
TRANSITIONAL YEAR
(ONE YEAR) RESIDENCY PROGRAM
(NRMP #1903999P0)
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
MICHAEL A. MOORE, M.D., FACP
OVERVIEW
OBJECTIVES
The BHS Transitional Year residency
Program provides PGY-1 residents with a
challenging variety of clinical experiences during which they develop a strong
foundation of fundamental clinical skills
in preparation for future specialty training. These skills, acquired and honed
during required rotations in Internal
Medicine and surgery, serve as the basis for building personalized educational
programs designed with elective clinical
rotations appropriate for the resident’s
professional development.
The Transitional Year Residency at Baptist Health
System is designed to provide a stimulating and
informative clinical experience to Medical School
graduates who:
ERIN C. TOWNSLEY, M.D., FACP
- Have chosen a career specialty for which the categorical training program requires a preliminary
year of fundamental clinical education (such
programs may also require that the preliminary
year include specific experiences for development of desired skills); or
- Desire a broadly-based year of clinical training
to prepare and assist them in making a career
choice and/or specialty selection decision.
THE PROGRAM
The Transitional Year curriculum is individualized through
joint planning by the resident and the program director,
based on personal educational needs and career goals.
The BHS TY curriculum is structured to meet all ACGME
requirements for education in fundamental clinical skills
and for exposure to ambulatory practice settings. Electives are available at each of our two teaching hospitals
with clinical faculty representing a broad spectrum of
specialty (and subspecialty) practices. Available clinical
rotations for BHS Transitional Year residents include:
Internal Medicine:
Ambulatory Internal
Medicine
Cardiology
Critical Care
Emergency Medicine
Gastroenterology
Hospital Medicine
Hematology/Oncology
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
Neurology
Pulmonary Medicine
Surgical Rotations:
Anesthesiology
General Surgery
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Otolaryngology
Other Elective Rotations:
Dermatology
Pathology
Radiation Oncology
Radiology
Orthopedics
Otolaryngology
Transitional Year residents are expected to shoulder the
same responsibilities, to perform the same clinical duties,
and to achieve the same high standards of professionalism as other PGY-1 residents at BHS during these clinical
rotations.
An excellent program of didactic lectures and regularly
scheduled conferences is part of the Transitional Year curriculum, and attendance and active participation in these
conferences is required. TY residents also participate in the
BHS Research Week program and in Quality Improvement
activities at both hospitals. Extensive library facilities and
computerized educational tools are available at both the
Princeton Baptist and Trinity Medical Center campuses.
BEYOND THE TRANSITIONAL YEAR
Residents completing their training in the BHS Transitional Year program are expected to be clinically
competent and well-prepared to enter the next stage of education in their chosen specialties. Over
the years, our graduates have gone on to demonstrate their clinical skills and to validate the effectiveness of their training at BHS with strong performances in residency programs in anesthesiology,
dermatology, emergency medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, OB/GYN, ophthalmology,
orthopedic surgery, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology and physical medicine/rehabilitation.
Former BHS residents who have completed subsequent specialty training in prestigious academic
medical centers across the country have consistently reported that their time in the BHS Transitional
Year Residency prepared them very well for the demands and expectations of those programs.
Residency
Application & Information
APPLICATION ADDRESS AND PROGRAM OFFICES
INTERNAL MEDICINE
SURGERY
RADIOLOGY
PATHOLOGY
Susan Elders
Program Coordinator
Residency Program in Internal Medicine
Baptist Health System, Inc.
840 Montclair Road
Suite 317
Birmingham, Alabama 35213
205.592.5759 or 1.800.247.7404
susan.elders@bhsala.com
PROGRAMS WILL
ONLY RECEIVE
APPLICATIONS SENT
ELECTRONICALLY
THROUGH THE
ELECTRONIC
RESIDENCY
APPLICATION SERVICE
(ERAS).
Virginia (Missy) Fadlevich
Program Coordinator
Residency Program in Radiology
800 Montclair Road
Radiology Department
205.592.1257
virginia.fadlevich@bhsala.com
Valorie Davis
Program Coordinator
Residency Program in Surgery
833 Princeton Ave., S.W.
POB III, Suite 200
205.783.3191 or 1.866.302.3098
valorie.davis@bhsala.com
Deborah Hillestad
Program Coordinator
Residency Program in Pathology
800 Montclair Road
205.592.5052
deborah.hillestad@bhsala.com
TRANSITIONAL YEAR
Meredith Skelding
Program Coordinator
Transitional Year Residency Program
817 Princeton Ave. S.W.
POB II, Suite 106
Birmingham, AL 35211
205.783.7663 or 1.866.781.2262
meredith.skelding@bhsala.com
MISCELLANEOUS RESIDENCY INFORMATION
ON-CALL
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
Comfortable on-call quarters and resident lounges are provided at each hospital.
- Discounted and free meals
- Free snacks and soft drinks
- Lab coat allowance
- ATLS course
- Access to on-line textbooks
LIBRARIES
- Full-time medical librarian covering each hospital library
to assist residents.
- Library services include literature searches, article orders,
photocopying, research consultations, and book orders.
VISA INFORMATION
- Free photocopying of articles and interlibrary loan services
are available.
Baptist Health System will consider only J-1 Visa applications sponsored by the Educational Commission for Foreign
Medical Graduates (ECFMG). Generally BHS will not sponsor
H-1B Visa applications.
- Electronic resources include PubMed, EBSCOHost (electronic journal service), the Cochrane Library, eBooks, ClinicalKey, AccessMedicine and DynaMed.
IMPORTANT – USMLE
- Each library has book collections of over 500 texts and
print journal collections to supplement electronic resources.
- Medical books for personal use can be ordered through the
library at a discounted price.
CONFERENCES
Three hours per week or more are spent in conferences.
- 500 conferences are given annually at each hospital.
- Many conferences are multidisciplinary.
- Medical school faculty frequently are guest speakers.
You should have completed USMLE Step II prior to beginning
the residency program. If not successfully completed prior
to the beginning of the residency program, then Step II must
be successfully completed before completion of the first six
months of residency training. Residents must register to
take USMLE Step III prior to completion of the first year of
residency training. Step III must be successfully completed
before the resident will be renewed to continue beyond the
second year of training. Individual residency programs may
invoke more stringent requirements.
TOBACCO-FREE HIRING POLICY
OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- Medical student clerkships and electives.
- Training site for Auburn University pharmacy students.
- The Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing, a cooperative program
of Baptist Health System and Samford University.
- Residency in health care administration.
- A variety of allied health students from local educational
institutions rotate regularly to Baptist Health System for
clinical experience.
Baptist Health System does not hire individuals who use tobacco products. All incoming residents and other employees
are tested for tobacco products, and if you are a current user
of tobacco products at the time of orientation, then you will
not be allowed to enroll in a BHS residency program.
For general inquiries related to Medical Education at the
Baptist Health System, please direct inquiries to:
Stan Breaux
Executive Director for Medical Education
820 Montclair Road, Suite 9B
Birmingham, AL 35213
205.599.4823
stan.breaux@bhsala.com
Elective Clerkships
ELECTIVE CLERKSHIPS
CARDIOLOGY
GOAL: To offer an intensive experience in the evaluation and management of patients with a variety of cardiovascular diseases and disorders.
1. Patient Material: Case load will vary depending on the individual student’s capability; however, there are significant numbers of challenging diseases. Most patients will have coronary artery disease with angina pectoris, acute infarctions,
congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, etc. Students will have the opportunity to
listen to interesting murmurs and observe unusual physical findings. Experience in
the interpretation and reading of EKGs and echocardiograms will occur in relation
to the care of patients.
2. Scans: Graded exercise tolerance tests and Thallium scans are performed regularly.
3. Monitoring: Holter monitoring equipment is available for the monitoring of arrhythmias during the course of daily activities. This is helpful in teaching the diagnosis,
importance, and treatment of arrhythmias.
4. Pacemaker: Pacemaker insertion via the transvenous route for temporary pacing in
the setting of acute myocardial infarction and in the pre-op stabilization of patients
who are to undergo permanent implantation of pacemakers is performed with some
frequency. A student will have the opportunity to observe the procedure several
times. A cardiac catheterization laboratory capable of performing quality coronary
arteriography, PTCA and other cardiac catheterization procedures is available, and
the student will be exposed to these physiologic, hemodynamic and diagnostic
procedures and have a thorough understanding of the technique, indications for
and means of utilizing and interpreting data.
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Thomas Cawthon, M.D.
Stephen Baker , M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
All Core Clerkships
5. PTCA: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is a frequently performed
procedure, and the students will follow patients after cardiac surgery, thereby
providing experience with medical therapy, angioplasty and/or surgery.
6. Students: Students will have personal supervision and be assigned to cardiologists
on a daily basis for a minimum of two to three hours and will be actively involved
in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac problems.
No examination will be given. Performance of the student will be evaluated by the preceptor on the rotation
evaluation form provided by the medical school.
COURSE DIRECTOR:
Christopher Jones, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
Core Clerkship in Surgery
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
GOAL: To expose the student to the field of Cardiovascular Surgery.
The student will be under the personal supervision of the preceptor where he /she
will participate in the preoperative evaluation, intraoperative and postoperative
management of the cardiac surgery patients.
No examination will be given. Performance of the student will be evaluated by the preceptor on the
rotation evaluation form provided by the medical school.
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Jeremy Rogers, M.D.
Diamond Vrocher, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
Core Clerkships in Medicine
and Surgery
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
GOAL: To instruct the student in management of patients presenting to the
Emergency Department.
The student will participate in the daily activities of the Emergency Department under the supervision of a full-time Emergency Department physician.
It is expected that the student will develop skills in obtaining a brief medical
history and in performing a pertinent physical examination; participate in the
treatment of various common problems seen in the Emergency Department
of a large community hospital; and participate in the evaluation and management of multiple trauma and patients with other life-threatening emergencies.
The student will have the opportunity to read concerning the disorders treated,
and to observe the organizational framework and functioning of an Emergency
Department.
COURSE DIRECTOR:
Raymond Tobias, M.D.
GASTROENTEROLOGY
LOCATION:
with gastroenterologic disorders, including the various procedures utilized to
evaluate such patients.
PREREQUISITE:
Core Clerkship in Medicine
GOAL: To acquaint students with diagnostic problems and therapy of patients
The student will acquire basic information related to the evaluation, diagnosis, procedures and treatment of the gastrointestinal illness common to Internal
Medicine. General internists must have a good working knowledge of the evaluation and treatment of upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding, gastrointestinal
neoplasms, acid reflux, peptic ulcer disease, hepatitis and gall bladder disease.
Students will be given the opportunity to learn and participate in the common
procedures essential to most Primary Care practices such as Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Paracentesis. The student may also participate in Colonoscopy procedures in the GI Lab.
ELECTIVE CLERKSHIPS
COURSE DIRECTOR:
James Lasker, M.D.
LOCATION:
Princeton Baptist Medical
Center
PREREQUISITE:
HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
GOAL: To offer senior medical students experience in Hematology/Oncology as
practiced within the community hospital. Students will have opportunities to:
1. Evaluate and present new patients and follow them throughout their evaluation
and therapy in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
2. Gain experience in performing / reviewing bone marrow aspirate / biopsy.
3. Present cases at multidisciplinary conferences.
4. Gain understanding of natural history of different solid and hematologic malignancies as well as new and innovative treatments.
5. Become familiar with treatment of common toxicities of chemotherapy.
6. Review febrile leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, mucositis, neuropathy, and paraneoplastic syndromes --associated with various malignancies.
7. Attend outlying clinic with attending (optional).
This opportunity for multidisciplinary management will be coordinated by Medical
Oncology, but the program will be flexible enough to allow emphasis according
to the student’s desire to focus on either surgical oncology, GYN oncology, radiation oncology or medical oncology. The types of malignancies are those most
commonly seen in the general population including lung cancer, breast cancer,
colon cancer, gynecologic cancer and genitourinary malignancies, lymphomas
and myeloproliferative disorders.
The Hematology / Oncology Division also offers exposure to those hematologic
problems commonly seen in the community hospital. There will be exposure to
bone marrow pathology and the evaluation of anemias and coagulation disorders,
thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia.
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Bruce Tucker, M.D.
David M. Ennis, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
GOAL: To provide experience in the diagnosis and management of patients with
infectious diseases.
During the course of the rotation, the student will actively participate in the management of hospitalized patients with infectious disease problems. The student
will become acquainted with the functions of the microbiology laboratory and
will have the opportunity to personally examine all pertinent radiographs and
pathology specimens. Rounds are made daily with the preceptor. Regular formal
and informal didactic lectures will be provided. The educational experience will
be supplemented by attending the weekly Birmingham VAMC HIV Clinic and the
UAB Infectious Diseases conference.
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Michael Moore, M.D.
Tiffany Lewis, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
INTERNAL MEDICINE (GENERAL)
GOAL: To provide a quality educational experience with the direct supervision
and close interaction of the faculty member. The student will be given ample
opportunity to use his / her clinical skills and judgment in patient care.
Students will make daily rounds with the attending and the staff Internal Medicine
team consisting of an Internal Medicine core faculty member, a senior resident,
and two or more interns. Students will be responsible for admitting patients,
writing orders under supervision, and will be given an opportunity to participate
in procedures. Students attend Morning Report (with residents and faculty) and
daily didactic medical conferences. Night call is optional. Students are expected
to take an active interest in their patients’ care and are encouraged to review the
literature on patient management and problems.
COURSE DIRECTOR:
David Tharpe, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
NEPHROLOGY
GOAL: To acquaint students with the diagnostic problems and therapy of patients
with acute and chronic renal disease, including acid-base and electrolyte disorders.
Students will evaluate patients with acute renal failure and follow chronic renal
failure patients in the hospital. They will learn indications for and observe the
performance of invasive and non-invasive diagnostic procedures. The relationship
between pathophysiology, symptoms and treatment will be stressed.
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Frank Thomas, M.D.
Rodney Swillie, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
GOAL: To acquaint students with diagnostic problems and therapy of patients
with neurologic disorders.
The student will assist in the evaluation and treatment of neurologic problems of
approximately three inpatients per day. The student will also become acquainted with
the use and interpretation of specialized neurologic tests such as computed axial
tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalogram, lumbar puncture,
electromyogram, nerve impulse velocity and evoked potentials. No night call.
COURSE DIRECTOR:
Zenko Hrynkiw, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
Core Clerkship in Medicine & Surgery
NEUROSURGERY
GOAL: To acquire proficiency in the examination and diagnosis of patients with
the more common neurological and neurosurgical disorders.
The student will serve as a member of the clinical team, participating in the care
of patients on the neurosurgical service. This will include daily ward rounds with
the staff, examination of new cases, assistance in diagnostic procedures and in
the operating room, and attendance at all of the organized teaching sessions.
ELECTIVE CLERKSHIPS
COURSE DIRECTOR:
B.S. Eich, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of Basic Sciences
OPHTHALMOLOGY
GOAL: To train the student in the use of the ophthalmoscope and basic examinations useful in the practice of many specialties and to familiarize them with the
practice of Ophthalmology.
Student will participate in the diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting
with eye complaints in the office and in the hospital.
COURSE DIRECTOR:
Larry Lemak, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY SPORTS MEDICINE
GOAL: To provide the student with clinical experience in examining and managing
common orthopedic problems in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Rheumatology.
The student will work closely with one of the orthopedists in the office and in
the hospital participating in the initial examination, diagnostic procedures, and
in the operative and postoperative care of patients presenting with orthopedic
and Sports Medicine problems. In the office setting, the student will participate
in the examination, evaluation and non-operative Orthopedic, Sports Medicine
and Rheumatology problems.
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Randy Real, M.D.
Stephen Favrot, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
COURSE DIRECTOR:
Gloria Hutchinson, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
All Core Clerkships
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
GOAL: To provide exposure to ENT at a clinical level.
The student will work in both the office and hospital to develop facility in a thorough head and neck examination, utilizing the head mirror and laryngeal mirror,
and in treatment of common diseases in these areas. There will be an opportunity
to work in the operating room including observation of bronchoscopies.
PATHOLOGY
GOAL: To expose students to a broad understanding of the subject matter in
anatomic and clinical pathology in a community hospital setting.
Students will be exposed to the techniques and methodology used in
pathology and will have experiences in the interpretation and clinical
correlation of laboratory data.
COURSE DIRECTOR:
Ben Johnson, III, M.D.
PLASTIC SURGERY
LOCATION:
GOAL: To expose the student to broad principles of plastic surgery as
it applies to General Surgery. There will be considerable exposure to
congenital anomalies, skin cancer, and reconstructive problems, as well
as aesthetic plastic surgery.
PREREQUISITE:
All Core Clinical Clerkships
The format will have the student as a full member of the surgical team.
There will be active participation in all phases of patient care.
No examination will be given. Performance of the student will be evaluated by the preceptor
on the rotation evaluation form provided by the medical school.
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Michael Crain, M.D.
Sandra Gilley, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
PULMONARY MEDICINE
GOAL: To acquaint students with the diagnostic and therapeutic
problems of the respiratory tract.
The elective offers experience with the following:
1 . Pulmonary function testing, including arterial blood gases;
2. Respiratory therapy from the simple to the more complex evaluation
problems; ventilator support.
3. Diagnostic problems; and management and treatment of pulmonary
problems.
4. Critical care medicine.
The student will be expected to work up new patients and
consultations. Hospital rounds will be made once daily, except on
critically ill patients who are seen at least twice daily. With time
permitting, exposure to the office evaluation of disability applicants’
exercise blood gas testing may be available. The student will be offered
as much responsibility as he/she is willing and capable of taking.
ELECTIVE CLERKSHIPS
COURSE DIRECTORS:
Allen Groves, M.D.
Bibb Allen, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of Basic Sciences
RADIOLOGY
GOAL: To provide medical students with education in diagnostic
radiology including general radiology, computed tomography, magnetic
resonance imaging, diagnostic ultrasound and image guided procedures
or, by special arrangement, education in radiation oncology.
On this rotation, most of the student’s time will be spent in day-to-day
observation of film interpretation working with both residents and faculty
radiologists at the viewing stations. There is also time for independent
study using both electronic and film teaching files allowing a student to
spend more time in a specific sub-specialty area. Diagnostic Radiology
conferences are held each morning at 7:00 a.m., and a conference
schedule will be provided. There are also weekly pathology - radiology
joint conferences at both campuses. The student will also be provided
and encouraged to attend daily medicine conferences held in the media
room in the hospital.
COURSE DIRECTOR:
Shields Frey, M.D.
LOCATION:
PREREQUISITE:
Core Clerkships in Surgery
SURGERY (GENERAL)
GOAL: To provide a well-rounded experience in General Surgery in a
community hospital under the close supervision of the attending and
resident staff.
Each student will be assigned to a surgical teaching service and will
work with the resident on that service under the supervision of the
attending surgeon. On such service, the student will participate in the
pre-operative evaluation of the patient, scrub with the surgeon and
resident, and participate in the post-operative care. The student will,
under supervision, write orders, change dressings, learn how to use
drains, gastrointestinal tubes, catheters, venous access lines, etc.
The degree of responsibility is determined by progress during the
clerkship. Conferences and bedside teaching rounds are held several
times a week. The student participates actively in the conferences and
rounds.
ELECTIVE CLERKSHIPS
CLERKSHIP MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
HOW DO I APPLY?
MEDICAL LIBRARIES
Once a clerkship has been selected, please contact the appropriate Housestaff Coordinator. Each clerkship is limited
to one or two positions per institution. Please refer to the
clerkship description to know which institution is providing
that specific elective.
For Princeton Baptist Medical Center Electives
Location: 1st Floor Main Hospital
(next door to Medical Education)
Librarian: Amber Long 205.592.5640
Chrisie Morris, Housestaff Coordinator
833 Princeton Ave., SW
POB III, Suite 200
Birmingham, AL, 35211
205.783.3190 or 1.800.715.0277
chrisie.morris@bhsala.com
Location: POB III, Suite 200
Librarian: Elizabeth Laera 205.783.3078
Medical Librarians are available to assist students with selection of required materials, literature searches, copying, etc.
Computers with internet access are available in both medical
libraries for the student’s use.
For Trinity Medical Center Electives
Kathy Wright, Housestaff Coordinator
1st Floor Main Hospital
800 Montclair Rd.
Birmingham, AL, 35213
205.592.1591 or 1.800.247.7404
kathy.wright@bhsala.com
The Housestaff Coordinator will work with you to arrange a
rotation that fits your schedule and will contact the preceptor
to set-up the rotation. In addition, the Housestaff Coordinator
will contact the relevant Program Coordinator and Program
Director to make them aware of the dates you will be on
campus. When the schedule is confirmed, the Housestaff
Coordinator will contact you with the details and advise you
where to report on the initial day of the rotation.
ORIENTATION
Upon arrival for the clerkship, the student should report to
the Housestaff Coordinator based at the hospital. The Housestaff Coordinator shall provide pertinent information relative
to the rotation. The Housestaff Coordinator will contact the
relevant Program Coordinator and Program Director to make
them aware that you are doing a rotation in the hospital.
The Housestaff Coordinator will provide the necessary documents the student is required to complete and relate pertinent information relative to the hospital. At the conclusion of
the rotation, the student will check out with the Housestaff
Coordinator before departing the campus. The Housestaff
Coordinator will be available throughout the rotation to address questions and /or provide assistance.
GENERAL HOSPITAL ACCESS
Medical students have full access to the Medical Education
resident lounge areas at both teaching hospitals.
Call rooms are available at each hospital in the event the
student is assigned call. The call room areas contain lounge
areas, computers and recreation equipment.
BHS may provide lodging (if needed) and some food at no
cost to you while you are at either Princeton Baptist Medical
Center or Trinity Medical Center for one elective per year.
HELPFUL WEB SITES
BaptistHealthAlabama.org
Greater Birmingham Convention and VisitorsBureau
BirminghamAl.org
Birmingham Business Alliance
BirminghamBusinessAlliance.com
Official web site for Birmingham, Alabama
InformationBirmingham.com
Alabama State Parks
AlaPark.com
Things to Do in Alabama
VisitUsa.com/alabama
ThingsToDo.com/states/AL
Alabama Media Group (For News, Weather and Sports)
al.com
BaptistHealthAlabama.org
Birmingham, Alabama

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