Program Overview
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General Information

The Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency (aka Memorial Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Las Cruces) is a fully accredited,

three-year Family Medicine residency sponsored by Memorial Medical Center of Las Cruces, a LifePoint hospital.  There is an educational affiliation with the University of New Mexico, but we are the only full three-year, community-based FM residency in the state.  Governorship of the residency is by the Graduate Medical Education Committee, composed of members from administration, faculty, the residents, and community physicians.

The residency is unopposed and offers a strong and varied experience in border-related morbidity, obstetrics, and rural medicine.  The Family Medicine Service also covers the Hospitalist Service, and rounds are done with the Hospitalist and one of the FM faculty.  Residents should expect to cover 5 to 10 inpatients daily each block on the FMS.  On the OB floor residents follow patients from the Ben Archer Health Centers with the FM faculty, and drop-ins with the Certified Nurse Midwives of the First Step Women’s Health Center.  Procedure logs are kept on New Innovations, a web-based system for tracking residents’ experience.

The Family Medicine Clinic has 14 exam rooms and 2 procedure rooms to provide comprehensive health care to all members of the community.  Each resident will be assigned to a coverage team but will have his or her own patient panel during the entire three years of residency.  Lab and Xray facilities are available on-campus at MMC.  Plans for the immediate future include an Electronic Health Record system.  Each resident upon admission to the program is issued a PDA, computer, and access to Up-To-Date.  There is also a library for hardbound reference materials.

Salary and Benefits (2005-2006)

 Salary:

                                          
Vacation:15 days

Insurance: Health & dental, professional liability, life/ADD/disability

Training: NRP, ACLS, Critical Care.
Dues: American Academy of Family Physicians, New Mexico Medical Society, Dona Ana County Medical Society.

Licenses: Training license with the state of New Mexico (PGY3’s may apply               for a full state license which is required for moon-lighting).
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