Points of Pride
Our Points of Pride
On Day 1 of your residency, you are the primary care physician for a panel of patients.
From Day 1, you are building continuity.
Your training is broad in scope, preparing you to truly care for your patients not only today, but for your entire career.
Program
Our unopposed full-spectrum family medicine training offers an abundance of inpatient opportunity. Our program has its own inpatient adult medicine teaching service (including step-down and intermediate care), an inpatient pediatric service, an obstetrics service, and a newborn service. Core Family Medicine Faculty not only work with you in the ambulatory setting, but also serve as inpatient attendings across all services augmented by our OB/Gyn and both adult and pediatric hospitalists. As the only medical residency in the hospital, we are encouraged to take on leadership positions. We serve as code team leaders and actively serve on many committees across the clinic and hospital. Our program has designated Osteopathic Recognition through the ACGME and offers the opportunity to learn osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) to all Residents. MDs interested in learning OMM may attend an OMM Boot Camp, preparing you to begin training under the Osteopathic Recognition designation. Our Osteopathic Neuromuscular Medicine Residency (ONMM3) provides an opportunity for extended OMM training and has even graduated one of our MD Residents!
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center values its role as a center for medical education and is affiliated with the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, the University of Maine and Husson University. Our affiliation provides the opportunity for medical students to learn in most settings and develop interprofessional educational skills working with students in pharmacy and social work, as well as NP and PA students.
Clinic
An interprofessional team-based approach to patient care is foundational to family medicine and the care we provide our patients. A robust team of clinical pharmacists, certified nurse midwives, family nurse practitioners, licensed clinical social workers, RN care managers, community health workers join you and faculty physicians to wholistically surround our patients and families.
Just down the hall are laboratory and radiology services as well as a number of specialists who are always happy to be curb-sided! We are in the unique position as an unopposed program to have close relationships with specialists who value our contributions as resident physicians and are eager to continue our collaborative working relationships post-graduation.
Specialty clinics within our practice are geared to serve our population in a full-spectrum way, offering you tremendous learning opportunities.
Our procedure clinic offers bedside Nexplanon, incision and drainage, lumpectomies, joint injections, nail removals, biopsies, IUD placement, circumcisions, vasectomies, and more. Our colposcopy clinic with the opportunity to learn office based GYN procedural care. Our prenatal intake clinic with the opportunity to establish continuity OB care and learn to perform dating/viability ultrasounds. Multidisciplinary concussion clinics include physical therapy, behavioral health, osteopathy, and faculty specially trained in concussion management. Our lifestyle interprofessional group visits focus on behavioral change, nutrition, and activity.
Curriculum
We have many unique curriculum opportunities. Click here to learn more.
- High Volume OB
- POCUS curriculum
- Narrative medicine – gathering patient life stories
- Camp Hope – serving as the physician at a summer camp for children with cancer
- Native ceremonial medicine – serving as the physician caring for tribal communities participating in rigorous ceremonies
- Partnership with tribal communities in the State of Maine including rotations with Indian Health Services at the Penobscot Nation Clinic and an initiative to expand screening for and treatment of substance use disorders at Tribal Health Centers.
- Integrative medicine
- Culinary Medicine
- Wilderness Medicine
- NCAA sideline game coverage with the University of Maine
- Clinical research and scholarly activities
- ALSO (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics) annually organized and taught primarily by residency core faculty
- Addiction Medicine
- Street Medicine
- Transitions and Office Practice Immersive Educational Week
- Community Medicine Immersive Educational Week