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Emergency Medicine
Residency Program
Why EM in Saginaw?
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Why
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- Large patient base - 800,000 in the Saginaw regional
referral area coming from 14 surrounding counties including most
of northeast Michigan and the “thumb” area.
- Emergency
residents and faculty run all traumas in the ED.
- The residency is very family-friendly
with only two months of in-house call during the residency program.
There is no in-house call during the second and third years.
- Two principal hospitals, Covenant
HealthCare and Saint Mary's of Michigan Hospital, are referral
centers for most of the complex medical care in the region including:
- Dedicated
Regional Burn Unit
- Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit
- Regional
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Neuro
Intensive Care Unit
- Regional
Cancer Treatment Center
- Frank
Anderson Regional Eye Institute
- Regional
Hemodialysis Center
- Regional
Trauma Referral Center
- 24-hour Cardiac Cath Lab
- 24-hour in house radiology coverage
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- Saint
Mary's Medical Center has one of the largest and most technically
sophisticated Neurosurgery Intensive Care units in Michigan.
Saginaw Valley Neurosurgery performs more neurosurgical procedures
than any other institute or practice in the state.
- High
volume of blunt trauma in Saginaw with rotations at Hurley Medical
Center with high volume penetrating trauma.
- Voluntary
participation in an EMS Rotor Wing Program (Flight Care Helicopter).
- Flexible residency program with experienced EM-boarded
faculty.
- 30%
of ED visits are pediatric cases - (3) months of additional ambulatory
and critical care pediatric training are done during residency.
- EM Residency didactic program includes weekly conference
with scheduled topics on: EKG, radiology, practice oral boards,
M&M, patient follow-up, EM administration, EMS, grand rounds,
ultrasound, and book review (with lunch). Residents are required
to attend all conferences and are released from all rotations in
order to attend these conferences.
- Sports
medicine opportunities through the Mid-Michigan Bucks Soccer
league, and Saginaw Valley State University.
- EM
Residents come from all over the United States.
- Synergy
Medical is an affiliated campus of Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine (MSU/CHM). Benefits include: resources
of a major university, resident academic appointments, opportunity
to teach 3rd & 4th year MSU/CHM students.
- Rotations
at Inner City Hospital ED with ACS Level I Trauma Desigation.
- Saginaw
has outstanding research and publication opportunities. Synergy
Medical has a supportive Research Department dedicated to helping
residents and faculty in their research endeavors.
- The
Information Resources provides extensive support for resident
research including free searches, photocopying, inter-library
loans and state of the art audiovisual equipment for presentations
(laptop computer with projectors, teleconferencing, etc). This
translates into a fantastic time saver.
- Perks/benefits
include; palm pilot for procedure documentation, yearly book
allowance, conference allowance, moving allowances, paid memberships
in SAEM & ACEP and meal allowance at hospitals while on call.
- Resident
assistance is available with a Home Mortgage down payment. (The
housing market is so affordable in Saginaw that many residents
choose to buy their homes instead of renting).
- Synergy
Medical provides free training to residents in Ultrasound, ACLS,
ATLS, APLS, NALS, ALSO and an opportunity to become ACLS Instructors.
- The
EM residents have multiple social events including annual summer
BBQ's and Christmas parties, sporting events and parties at faculty
and residents' homes.
- Traveling
in and out of the area is facilitated by Midland/BayCity/Saginaw
International Airport (MBS) which is convenient and with easy
parking, quick check-in and no long gate hikes.
- Saginaw
is a one and one-half hour drive or less, to most metropolitan
areas in Michigan (Lansing, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Flint). Lansing
and Ann Arbor are home to Michigan State University and the University
of Michigan respectively.
- Saginaw is a safe, family-oriented community with good
schools and lots of local activities for the family including local
parks with playgrounds, free wading pool, indoor amusement park,
very well-maintained Children’s Zoo, etc.
- Mid-Michigan provides tremendous opportunities for outdoor
activities, including hunting, fishing, boating, skiing, mountain
biking and golf. The Saginaw Bay offers many water activities and
is located within a twenty-minute drive from the hospitals.
- Saginaw
has numerous universities and colleges including Saginaw Valley
State University, Delta University, Northwood University and
Davenport University.
- Saginaw is home to most major stores (Sears, Sam’s
Club, Wal-Mart, Meijer, Best Buy, Media Play, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond,
Babies-R-Us, Hobby Lobby, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Kohl’s, Barnes & Noble,
Petsmart, Kroger, Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc.) One of the largest
Outlet Malls in the country is just a short drive from the hospitals
in Birch Run.
- Saginaw offers many restaurants for many tastes including
Olive Garden, Don Pablo’s, Chili’s, Apple Bee’s,
etc. with all the usual fast-food chains and restaurants serving
Chinese, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, etc.
- Saginaw
has over two dozen affordable private/public golf courses. Michigan
has been rated in the top five of states for golf courses per
capita.
- Saginaw is home to most major religions, so you can
easily find a religious community to become involved in.
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