Please note that a car is required for all rotations listed below.
"Our goal at the MAHEC Family Medicine residency is to develop
residents into competent and compassionate physicians who can
practice inpatient and outpatient medicine anywhere, including
underserved rural areas and abroad."
Dr. Lisa LaVallee
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program - Asheville
"
We are a Teaching Health Center, where our residency is combined
with a Federally Qualified Health Center. This partnership ensures
that our residents will have a broad exposure, and they will be able
to serve all patients, regardless of ability to pay. In this
commitment, we are better equipped to be leaders in responding to
the needs of our neighborhood, town and the region in which we live.
"
Dr. Evan Beasley
Program Director, Hendersonville Rural Family Medicine Residency Program
"The program is built to support the next generation of rural
physicians. Recognizing ongoing needs, we are committed to
developing family physicians with the heart to serve the entire
family and lead healthcare transformation. As a true community-based
program, we are committed to responding to the needs of our
community and the region in which we live.
"
Dr. Molly Benedum
Program Director, Boone Rural Family Medicine Residency Program
Acting Internship: #FMME 421
A four-week elective with the MAHEC Family Medicine Residency Program - Asheville
Students serve as acting interns along with the family medicine patient care team on the family medicine
hospital service at this 815-bed teaching hospital. Supervision will be by MAHEC family medicine
residency faculty. Daily activities include rounds, conferences, patient work-ups, supervised procedures
and other in-patient management. Students are included in the call schedule with the family practice
residents on service (one Saturday).
Combined Ambulatory Care: #FMME 457
A four-week elective: two weeks in Asheville and two weeks in Hendersonville. This rotation will
give students the opportunity to experience both residency programs.
During the two-week Asheville portion, students will see patients in the MAHEC Family Health Center
as part of the residency program practice with mostly faculty and some upper level residents.
Students will participate in morning learning conferences that include X-rays, dermatology,
procedures and behavioral health. Students are required to attend weekly didactics. One half day is
spent in the inpatient setting observing the family practice service.
During the two-week Hendersonville portion, students will see patients at MAHEC's
Rural Family Medicine Residency Program in Hendersonville. Students work one-on-one with full-time faculty and
residents caring for patients in the multiple residency clinics. Depending on season and interest,
other activities include afternoons at the resident-run clinic for people experiencing homelessness, mornings at the procedure
clinic, group visits and community outreach visits at migrant farmworker camps during the summer.
Students will occasionally be able to round in the 200-bed hospital on mornings, following several
patients and working with residents and faculty assigned to the hospital service. The rotation will
include a didactics afternoon and may include two call nights with an upper level resident and
faculty.
Rural Acting Internship: #FMME 458
A four-week elective with the MAHEC Rural Family Medicine Residency Program - Hendersonville
A four-week elective set in the MAHEC Hendersonville Rural Family Medicine Residency Program at the
outpatient family health center with inpatient services at Pardee Hospital. Students round in the
200-bed hospital each morning, following several patients and working one-on-one with an upper level
residents and faculty. Daily activities include rounds, conferences, patient work-ups, supervised
procedures and other in-patient management. Students are included in the call schedule with the family
medicine residents on service. As an AI you will work under the supervision of upper level family
medicine residents under the guidance of faculty attendings. The AI rotation is also an opportunity for
you to get to know our residency and our people and for us to get to know you.
Rural Inpatient and Outpatient Family Medicine Rotation in Boone: #FMME 461
A four-week elective with the MAHEC Rural Family Medicine Residency Program - Boone
This is a four-week rotation where students will spend time on our busy family-medicine-run hospital
service, round in the newborn nursery, and see patients in the family medicine continuity clinic. Daily
activities include rounds, conferences, patient work-ups, supervised procedures and other in-patient
management. Students will work under the supervision of faculty attendings. Students will have an
opportunity to identify the challenges in providing care in a rural community and with limited regional
resources. The rotation is also an opportunity for you to get to know our residency and our people and
for us to get to know you.
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