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General Surgery
Residency Program In Saginaw: Program Facts |
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Program Facts |
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We are a fully accredited five year surgical residency
program with two graduating residents per year. |
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We are currently under good standing with the RRC and were recently approved for 4 years - until 2011. |
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Residents complete between 900 and 1200 major cases by the
time of graduation. |
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Fellowship training: |
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While the majority of our graduates choose
to go into private practice after graduation, a significant
number of graduates have completed fellowships in Critical
Care and Trauma, Cardiothoracic, Vascular, Colorectal,
and Plastic surgery. |
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General Surgery Boards: |
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Our graduates have maintained a first-time
pass rate of 89% for the General Surgery Boards. |
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Program Structure |
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Preceptor based – The
residency program is structured in a preceptor format. Each
resident in years one through four is assigned to a specific
attending physician during each rotation. During the rotation,
residents are expected to spend their time working with their
assigned attending in all aspects of their practice. Call is
scheduled separately. We have found the preceptor based format
to be very effective at allowing residents to gain experience
in how a private practice functions as well as providing extensive
operative experience. |
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Resident Information |
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There are two categorical positions available for
each year of residency with two graduating residents per year.
We do not currently offer any preliminary positions. |
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There are no other surgical residencies
or fellowship programs to compete with. |
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Rotations
Rotations are offered in all the major specialties.
All rotations are currently offered in Saginaw with the exception
of Transplant Surgery which is offered at the University of Michigan
in Ann Arbor and at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. All rotations listed below are for the first four
years. Additional information can be found in the curriculum
section.
| Principle Components |
PGY1 |
PGY2 |
PGY3 |
PGY4 |
PGY5 |
Total |
Sum |
| General Surgery |
6 |
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5 |
12 |
35 |
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| CC/Trauma |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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6 |
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| Vascular |
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1 |
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2 |
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3 |
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| Abdomen-Colorectal |
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1 |
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1 |
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| ENT |
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1 |
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1 |
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| Total Category |
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46 |
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| Secondary Components |
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| Anesthesiology |
1 |
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1 |
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| Cardiothoracic |
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2 |
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3 |
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| Endoscopy |
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| Gynecology |
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0.5 |
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0.5 |
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| Neurosurgery |
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1 |
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1 |
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| Orthopedics |
1 |
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1 |
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| Pediatric Surgery |
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2 |
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2 |
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| Plastics |
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1 |
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1 |
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| Transplant |
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1 |
1 |
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2 |
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| Urology |
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1 |
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1 |
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| Total Category |
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12.5 |
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| Non Surgical Clinical Disciplines |
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| Internal Medicine |
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| Pediatrics |
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| Gastroenterology |
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| Anesthesiology (counted twice) |
1 |
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-1 |
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| Pathology |
0.5 |
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0.5 |
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| Radiology |
0.5 |
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0.5 |
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| Clinical Trials |
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0.5 |
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0.5 |
0 |
| Total Category |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
2 (3) |
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| Total Rotation Time |
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Call and Hours |
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There is one resident on call at each of the two
hospitals daily. |
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Shifts are from 5 pm to 8 am on weekdays, and from 8 am to
8 am on weekends. |
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Call shifts are distributed evenly by resident year with the
average number of shifts being 8 per month for first year residents
and 6 per month for fourth year residents. |
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Call rooms are provided at each of the hospitals. Covenant
provides a complete and rebuilt call room facility complete with
community area, showers, and a private, secure, and spacious
room for surgical residents with a computer, TV, new bed, and
high speed internet access. Saint Mary’s hospital also
provides a secure, private call room with a TV and high speed
internet access and is currently in the process of rebuilding
and relocating the call rooms. |
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We are compliant with current RRC work
hour standards. Residents are not to work more than 80 hours
per work averaged over four weeks, no more than 30 hours in a
row without a 10-hour break, and are expected to have four 24
hour periods off every four weeks. All residents are required
to log their work hours on 80hours.com,
a web based tracking site. |
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Education |
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Books provided: |
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Surgery, Scientific Principles and Practice,
Greenfield et al. |
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The Physiologic Basis of Surgery, O’ Leary |
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The ICU Book, Paul L. Marino |
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Textbook of Surgery, Sabiston |
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Recommended books: |
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Principles of Surgery, Schwartz |
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Current Surgical Therapy, Cameron |
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Mastery of Surgery, Baker |
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Unbound Surgery: |
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All surgery residents are given a free membership
to Unbound
Surgery, a web-based source for up-to-date,
evidence-based clinical information and surgical technology. |
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Conferences and Lectures: |
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Surgical Grand Rounds |
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Trauma Rounds |
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Morbidity and Mortality |
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Basic Sciences lectures |
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Mock oral lectures - Grand Rapids |
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Tumor Boards |
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Journal Club |
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Surgical Conferences |
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Tuesday morning textbook review |
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ABSITE: |
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Synergy Medical participates in the American
Board of Surgery In-Service Training Examination |
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Board Review: |
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The Osler Intstitute 'Specialty Review in General Surgery" - Every year, the chief residents attend this conference with all expensed paid. |
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Research |
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Saginaw has outstanding research and publication
opportunities. Synergy Medical has a supportive Research Department
dedicated to helping residents and faculty in their research
endeavors. |
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Residents are expected to conduct one research project each
academic year. The research project is to be presented at the
annual J.E. Manning research day. Many residents are able to
have their research published or presented at additional conferences with all expenses paid for up to 3 days.. |
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The Information Resources Department provides extensive support
for resident research including free access to OVID and other
medical data bases, free photocopying, inter-library loans and
state of the art audiovisual equipment for presentations. |
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The Information Resources Department
is available to residents 24 hours a day. |
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Hospital System
Covenant Health Care and Saint Mary’s
Hospital are the two principle hospitals in Saginaw that have affiliations
with the residency program. |
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Combined 968 beds. |
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Large patient referral base of over 800,000 which comes from
the 14 surrounding counties which include much of the northern
and central parts of the southern peninsula of Michigan. |
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Dedicated regional Burn and Trauma Unit. |
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. |
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. |
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State of the art Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit. |
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Advanced cardiac and cardio thoracic services. |
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Advanced neurosurgical services. |
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New, state of the art surgical theaters. |
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Advanced imaging and diagnostics capabilities. |
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Affiliations |
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Michigan State University
Synergy Medical is an affiliate
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. |
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University of Michigan
Synergy Medical also shares close ties with the University of Michigan.
Our residents spend one month in Ann Arbor for Transplant Surgery. In
addition, University of Michigan faculty provided several guest lectures
through out the year. |
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Bay Medical and Mid-Michigan Hospitals
Synergy Medical does not have direct
affiliations with Bay Medical Regional Hospital in Bay City,
or Mid-Michigan Hospital in Midland; however, surgical residents
are given privilege at these hospitals for select rotations. |
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Salaries and Benefits - effective
July 1, 2008 |
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Grad
Year |
Salary |
Educational
Expenses |
Vacation |
| PGY-1 |
$42,858 |
$1,000 |
3 weeks |
| PGY-2 |
$44,373 |
$1,250 |
4 weeks |
| PGY-3 |
$45,856 |
$1,450 |
4
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| PGY-4 |
$47,323 |
$1,750 |
4 weeks |
| PGY-5 |
$48,603 |
$1,750 |
4
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Additional Perks |
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As a chief resident you are given the
opportunity to attend a "Specialty Review in General Surgery" (Osler course in February).
This week-long course is held in Chicago. Residents are not required
to use vacation or conference time days to attend the course
and Synergy pays for all travel, lodging, registration and meal
expenses. |
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Residents receive a stipend at the beginning of
each academic year which covers meal allowance as well as lab
coats. |
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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). |
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Synergy Medical provides free training to residents in ultrasound,
ACLS, ATLS. |
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Traveling in and out of the area is facilitated by a very convenient
Midland/Bay City/Saginaw (MBS) International Airport. |
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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. |
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Saginaw is a safe, family-oriented community with good schools
and lots of local activities for the family. |
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Mid-Michigan provides tremendous opportunities for outdoor
activities, including hunting, fishing, boating, skiing, mountain
biking, and golf. |
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Birch Run, one of the largest outlet malls in the country is
just a thirty minute drive from the hospitals. |
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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. |
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How to Apply |
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Synergy Medical Education Alliance participates
with the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and
the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). |
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Synergy Medical is also a proud participant in the NRMP Couples
Match. |
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