MD Advice on FULL SPECTRUM fam med residencies please :)

[krusey13]

Hi all! I'm a current MS3 and looking to apply to family medicine next year. I'm from the midwest but would like to go some place new, especially interested in places with full scope practices and particularly a lot of OB experience that could ultimately allow me to be primary on c-sections. Would also love fun outdoorsy activities in the area, as a bonus

Could someone please provide a list of recommended residencies that are 1) full scope (lots of OB, procedures, etc) and 2) outdoorsy please? Also does unopposed vs opposed still matter? I've been hearing mixed things lately. Thank you all!

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[VA Hopeful Dr]

Hi all! I'm a current MS3 and looking to apply to family medicine next year. I'm from the midwest but would like to go some place new, especially interested in places with full scope practices and particularly a lot of OB experience that could ultimately allow me to be primary on c-sections. Would also love fun outdoorsy activities in the area, as a bonus

Could someone please provide a list of recommended residencies that are 1) full scope (lots of OB, procedures, etc) and 2) outdoorsy please? Also does unopposed vs opposed still matter? I've been hearing mixed things lately. Thank you all!

The AAFP has a residency program directory. I would search for rural programs first, they are more likely to be full scope.

The west coast has historically been more full scope as well.

 

[stickgirl390]

Just curious, why don’t you want to do OBGYN?

 

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Hi all! I'm a current MS3 and looking to apply to family medicine next year. I'm from the midwest but would like to go some place new, especially interested in places with full scope practices and particularly a lot of OB experience that could ultimately allow me to be primary on c-sections. Would also love fun outdoorsy activities in the area, as a bonus

Could someone please provide a list of recommended residencies that are 1) full scope (lots of OB, procedures, etc) and 2) outdoorsy please? Also does unopposed vs opposed still matter? I've been hearing mixed things lately. Thank you all!

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[ghendel]

Spokane Family Med, graduated there 2020, great experience!

 

[frosted2]

Dr. Jenny Le on Youtube is a family med doc and does TONS of procedures, etc. Check her out! She is in the PNW.

 

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Dr. Jenny Le on Youtube is a family med doc and does TONS of procedures, etc. Check her out! She is in the PNW.

Pretty sure her residency program lost accreditation..

 

[frosted2]

Pretty sure her residency program lost accreditation..

Didn't know that part 😳

 

[broken down muffler]

From what I've been able to tell, you should look at the programs in Duluth, Cour d'Alene, Cherry Hill in Seattle, OHSU Cascades East, Peacehealth in Vancouver Washington. Lots of OB and all surrounded by beautiful nature. Plenty of others too, like Poudre health in Fort Collins, providence health in Alaska, Ventura County, St Mary in Grand Junction, Spokane. In general, the more rural it is, the more OB there is haha. Duluth residents are supposed to get something like 75 C-sections under their belt, from what I've read on their website. If you go to AAFP's residency directory, they have months of OB rotations listed for most programs. Honestly, you can get strong OB training at a LOT of west coast / mountain west programs. Though it seems that people who want to do high risk OB tend to do a fellowship after residency. Opposed would only matter if residents feel they are having to compete for patients, so just ask residents that question during interviews.

 

[cj_cregg]

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^^excellent resource. Lots of great programs in the Midwest as well, e.g. Indiana, Kansas. PM me if you're looking in the Midwest region and I can give you some more specific advice.

Generally speaking, the best truly full scope programs are unopposed but not all unopposed programs are full scope. Unopposed programs can falter a bit if there isn't good peds/OB volume both inpatient and outpatient, if off service/specialist attendings are not engaged with and supportive of the residency, or if faculty are not practicing/haven't practiced full scope so that they can teach and mentor from that experience. Also worth looking at what recent alumni are doing - lots of programs will claim they are full scope or offer good OB training, but if they don't have at least a handful of recent alumni doing inpatient, OB, etc., I would question that.