Millcreek Community Hospital Family
Practice Residency Program
Program Director: Douglas B. Grisier, D.O.
Phone 814-456-1009
Fax 814-454-6051
Email: dbgrisier@surferie.net
Mission
The mission of the Family Practice
Residency is to provide the Osteopathic Family Practice Resident a training program which provides
progressive primary responsibility for patient care in a family environment through a continuity
of didactic and clinical experiences.
Program
Overview
The Family Medicine Residency Program at Millcreek Community
Hospital was the first post-Internship Program created at the hospital. Over the last twenty-five
years, the program has successfully graduated dozens of competent Osteopathic Family Physicians
practicing throughout the Northeastern United States and elsewhere. Many of our graduates are now
participating in the training of local students and Residents.
There are two methods of
entry into the program:
1. Completion of an AOA-approved Traditional Rotating Internship and
apply as an OGME-2.
2. Select the Family Medicine Specialty Track Internship Pathway, then
proceed to OGME-2 and 3.
All applicants must:
- Be a graduate
of an AOA-accredited College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Complete an AOA-approved
internship
- Successfully pass Comlex-II
- Be a member of the AOA and
ACOFP
- Hold a license to practice Osteopathic Medicine in the State of
Pennsylvania
Continuity of Care Clinics
The Residency Program operates
two Family Medicine Clinics for the training of our Residents, each with its own on-site Specialty
Clinics for the further enhancement of the continuity learning experience. Each center is
supervised by a board-certified osteopathic Family Physician. The outpatient experience includes
longitudinal care of approximately 400 patients per Resident by the time the Resident graduates.
The Resident will gain outstanding experience in the outpatient management of chronic illnesses,
preventative care, and child and adolescent medicine. The Resident shall work a minimum of
312-half days in the continuity of care clinic with one half day during OGME-1, progressing to
three half-days during OGME-2, and four half-days during the final year of Residency. The Resident
will be assigned a panel of patients from the beginning and the patients will remain with the
Resident for two or three full years depending on the entry pathway. The Family Medicine Centers
have the highest patient volume per Resident out of any of the training programs.
- Plaza 18 Medical Center, 537 West 18th Street
This state-of-the-art facility was
completely renovated in 2005 and offers 18 exam rooms, video surveillance capability, classrooms
and a resident office with internet access. Specialty clinics on site include Ophthalmology,
Podiatry and Internal Med. - Eastside Medical Center, 2625 Parade Street
This
two-story facility was renovated in 2000 and has served as a neighborhood Family Medicine center
for 25 years. It has a well-established residency training patient base. Specialty clinics on
site include OB/Gyn, Neurology, Orthopedics and Podiatry.
Hospital Rotation Curriculum
Core training sites are at Millcreek Community Hospital and The Erie Veterans Affairs Medical
Center. Additional assigned rotations to round-out the Family Medicine experience include
geriatrics, dermatology, rehabilitation medicine and psychiatry. Sufficient elective experiences
are available within the Health System.
The Family Medicine training program is
thirty-six months in duration. The training consists of at least: 3 months of Emergency Medicine;
6 months of internal medicine (One month being Critical Care); 4 months of OB/Gyn; 4.5 months of
pediatrics; 5 months of surgery; and electives in subspecialties.
The rotation
schedule includes all ACOFP requirements. A sample curriculum includes the following:
| OGME-1 |
|
| General Internal
Medicine | 2 months |
| Pulmonology
(elective) | 1 month |
| Critical
Care | 1 month |
| Surgery |
1 month |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology |
2 months |
| Pediatrics | 2
months |
| Night Officer | 1
month |
| Radiology (elective) | 1
month |
| Emergency Medicine | 1
month |
| | |
| OGME-2 | |
| General Internal Medicine | 1 month |
| Cardiology (elective) | 1 month |
| Geriatrics (elective) | 1 month |
| Surgery | 2 months |
| Obstectrics/Gynecology | 2 months |
| Pediatrics | 2 months |
| Dermatology (elective) | 1 month |
| Adult Psychiatry (elective) | 1 month |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 month |
| | |
| OGME-3 | |
| General Internal Medicine | 2 months |
| Anesthesiology | 1 month |
| Addictive Medicine | 1 month |
| Surgery | 2 months |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology | 2 months |
| Pediatrics | 2 months |
| Rehabilitation Medicine (elective) | 1 month |
| Adolescent Psychiatry (elective) | 1 month |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 month |
Other electives
that could be included are ENT, Family Practice, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, and Neuromuscular
medicine.
The hospital values the participation of its Residents in hospital
committee and departmental meetings. Such participation matures the Resident for active
participation after graduation. The hospital’s daily education program beginning with
morning report is to be attended by all Residents, along with journal club and noonday lectures.
The Resident will sit for three in-service exams (once a year) as well as the
certification boards held during your last six months of Residency. This exam is offered every 6
months in conjunction with AOA and ACOFP conventions. A scholarly activity involving research must
be completed prior to graduation. Further details regarding this may be found on the ACOFP’s
website at www.acofp.org.
Message from Chief Resident, Gary Peterson, D.O.
I consider it a privilege to be named Chief Resident. I was not sure at first that I
was going to be able to take on the role, but the other Residents and Interns in the program have
made it easy for me. The program itself has provided me with a great learning experience and the
continuity of care seen in the clinics as a second and third year Resident is amazing. I hope the
program continues to grow and provide a strong background to Physicians wanting to practice Family
Medicine.
For more information please contact the following
Residents:
Dr. Zaycosky lecturing during morning report.
Dr. Zaycosky(L) with Dr. Breon and Dr. Peterson
To apply to MCH's Internships, OGME1 Programs,
log onto the ERAS Website: www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm.
Students need to register with National Matching
at: www.natmatch.com.
For More Information,
Contact:
Marilyn Tracy,
Medical Education Coordinator
Medical Education
Millcreek Community Hospital
5515 Peach Street
Erie, PA 16509
(814) 868-8217
mchmeded@mch1.org