UNECOM/Samaritan Medical Center Internship Information (T) 6 AOA-Approved Positions: Family Practice Residency The three-year Osteopathic Family Practice Residency Program of Samaritan Medical Center is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American College of Family Practice (ACOFP). With the Osteopathic Internship included in your first year of Family Practice Residency, you can meet all requirements for both the Internship and the Residency in three years. Oversight for the Osteopathic Family Practice Residency Program is conducted by a full-time Program Director who encourages you to deliver excellent, cost-efficient healthcare while establishing a relationship with the patient and the family. A dedicated professional support staff, as well as faculty members from a wide array of specialties, assist the Director. While all Family Practice residencies must meet Board requirements, there are some distinct differences in Samaritan's program that enable us to stand apart from others. They are: An evolving, state-of-the-art Outpatient Clinic designed to give you hands-on experience with cryotherapy, minor surgery, casting and other procedures OMT training is demonstrated, encouraged and required A rural location which encompasses a population base of approximately 110,000 culturally-diverse patients Great flexibility in rotations A prestigious military installation nearby (Fort Drum/10th Mountain Division), with military physicians on staff to provide training, including a wide array of pathology, reflecting world-wide exposure No competing residencies such as Obstetrics or Pediatrics . . . an important factor Full-spectrum of family medicine available, including Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, and Geriatrics Electronic Medical Records system in place Adherence to NYS Law 405, which limits the amount of work hours for the Family Practice Resident to 80 hours per week Regularly scheduled lectures and conferences help you to further understand the management of common problems. Our goal is to produce a Family Practice graduate to whom we would immediately entrust our own family members and a physician we would actively seek to employ at Samaritan Medical Center. Internal Medicine The Osteopathic Internal Medicine Program of Samaritan Medical Center is a three-year program, including a Specialty Track Internship Program. Also, the IM program at Samaritan can be used in preparation for practice as a Hospitalist. The program is sponsored by the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) and its OPTI, North Eastern Osteopathic Medical Education Network (NEOMEN). The three-year residency program meets all of the requirements set forth by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine (AOBIM) and the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI). The Program is designed for 4-4-4 residents in the Program with a total of twelve (12) residents. Residents work side-by-side with professional faculty and Attending Physicians as they follow patients in the hospital setting on the medicine floors, ICU/PCU, the Hospitalist floor, etc. This gives the Residents extensive and unique one-on-one training with the faculty. All Residents are required to participate in an Internal Medicine Primary Care Continuity Clinic, where they care for their own assigned panel of regional patients in an outpatient/ambulatory setting for the entire three years under the direct supervision of an Osteopathic Internal Medicine specialist. While all Internal Medicine residencies must meet Board requirements, there are some distinct differences in Samaritan's program that enable us to stand apart from others. They are: A rural location that encompasses a population base of approximately 110,000 culturally-diverse patients Great flexibility in rotations A prestigious military installation nearby (Fort Drum/10th Mountain Division), with military physicians on staff to provide training, including a wide array of pathology, reflecting world-wide exposure Electronic Medical Records system in place Adherence to NYS Law 405, which limits the amount of work hours for the Family Practice Resident to 80 hours per week Regularly scheduled lectures and conferences help you to further understand the management of common problems The goal of the Internal Medicine Residency Program is to fully prepare competent internists/hospitalists who are capable of providing independent, high quality care to their patients. The program provides Residents with structured hands-on educational experiences, leading to the development of cognitive knowledge, and it teaches them how to evaluate and treat the common problems found in a diverse population of patients as well as diagnose and treat psychiatric problems, musculoskeletal problems, dermatological complaints, and functional disorders of the digestion, circulatory, endocrine or respiratory areas, to name a few. All Residents are required to further develop and apply their osteopathic manipulative medicine techniques. Click Logo To Visit Facility's Website Ctrl "P" To Print This Window Close This Window