Program Highlights

St. Joseph’s Family Medicine Residency seeks to blend the primary care orientation of a community hospital with the academic and educational resources of a major medical school. Our goal is to produce strong clinicians who are capable of delivering high-quality  primary care in any setting, from rural to suburban to inner city practice locations.

Unopposed Family Medicine Residency
– Family Medicine residents are the residents at St. Joseph’s Hospital

Excellent collegial relationship with SUNY Upstate Medical University

Positive work environment with commitment to residency education and strict observation of New York state Regulation 405 limiting resident work hours
– Maximum 80 hours/week
– Home post call by 10 a.m.
– 24 hours off each week

Well-respected program established in 1968 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, a non-profit, 431-bed hospital/health care network serving patients from 16 Central New York counties
– Ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for overall cardiac services (2006 - 2010) and rated five stars for joint replacement surgery (2007 - 2010) by HealthGrades®
– Designated a Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
– Accredited as a Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers

– Received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Flexibility of a large program
– Resident input in scheduling, sequencing rotations and vacations
– Four weeks vacation permitted each year with weekends free on both sides of vacation week
– Experience in couples match
– Established maternity and paternity policies
– Away electives permitted and available per ABFP guidelines
– Responsiveness to residents’ personal needs

• Extensive procedural training
  – Joint injections, arthrocentesis, casting and splinting
  – Colposcopy, endometrial biopsy and other gynecologic procedures
  – Minor skin surgery
  – Vasectomies
  
• Strong obstetrics and women’s health curriculum
  – Several faculty members with specific interest and training in women’s health issues
  – Obstetrics track available for those with interest
  – Over 100 deliveries possible during the three years
  – GYN procedure clinics—both during required rotations and as electives
  
• Abundant sports medicine opportunities
  – Syracuse University athletics
  – Syracuse Chiefs—Triple-A minor league baseball team, affiliate of the Washington Nationals
  – Empire State Games
  – Local school sports programs
  
• Excellent balance of ambulatory and inpatient medicine, didactic and clinical experiences, and medical and biopsychosocial patient care
  
• Elective time
  – Established electives or resident-created electives are available for individual interests
  
• Biopsychosocial orientation of curriculum
  – Full-time family therapist and social worker on faculty
  –Workshops and rotations provide psychosocial training and awareness
  – Balint groups help residents examine their interactions with patients, attendings, nursing staff and each other
  
• Community involvement
  – Involvement in nursing homes, justice center and homeless clinics