Program Overview
An overview of our Family Medicine Residency Program
The Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program is a 30-resident ACGME accredited program with Osteopathic Recognition. Our training prepares you to practice full-spectrum family medicine in rural settings and beyond. We are an unopposed residency based at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC), a 411-bed community owned, and governed nonprofit hospital that serves as the referral center for northern two-thirds of Maine.
Required rotations take place at EMMC and our continuity clinic site is less than a 10-minute drive off campus.
As a resident, you start your first day of training as a family physician for the community of Bangor and surrounding areas of Maine. Your work as a family physician is supported and supervised by experienced full-time faculty, part-time community preceptors, and an extensive network of affiliated specialists. You are a member of a collaborative team with additional staff including family nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical pharmacists, a practice manager, registered nurses, medical assistants, RN care managers, and an integrated behavioral health team of licensed clinical social workers.
The team at Northern Light EMMC Family Medicine and Residency helps you develop into a well-rounded family physician to whom they would entrust the care of their own family members, and often, they do!
By the end of your family medicine residency, you will be prepared to care for patients from birth to death with an emphasis on knowing and treating the whole patient. Upon completion of your residency, you will be proficient in inpatient and outpatient medicine, and have extensive knowledge of a comprehensive range of procedures, and experience in obstetrics, pediatrics, acute and emergency care, gynecology, preventive medicine, geriatrics, osteopathic medicine, and more.
All family medicine residencies nationally have set standards for a base curriculum, but there are many reasons your training at EMMC will be unique. Family medicine is a choose-your-own-adventure kind of specialty, in that your scope can be as broad or narrow as you’d like. We are committed to providing you with a broad-spectrum foundation to prepare you for your chosen scope with proficiency, satisfaction, and joy!