Georgia Graduate Medical

Education(GME)

GEORGIA GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

ANNUAL RESIDENCY QUOTA 2010-2014

GME RESIDENCIES IN GEORGIAAT MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (MUSM) PARTNER

HOSPITALS

Residency Location 2014 Quotas

Medical Center of Central Georgia 33Medical Center of Columbus 12Memorial University Medical Center 41

Total 86

APPROVED GME PROGRAMSIN MUSM PARTNER HOSPITALS

Program Quota in 2014

Family Medicine 21

Internal Medicine 21

Medicine-Preliminary 6

Obstetrics-Gynecology 8

Pediatrics 14

General Surgery 9

Transitional-Family Medicine 3

Radiology-Diagnostic 4

Total 86

82=core specialty

MUSM

 RESIDENCY SELECTION BY CLASS BY CORE SPECIALTY 2010-2014

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Graduates Entering a Core Specialty Program

32 38 51 54 72

Percentage 55 59 61 61 76Total Graduates Entering

Residency 58 65 84 90 97

Residency Quotas by Core Specialty in state-290Residency Quotas by Core Specialty at MUSM Partners-82

COMPARISON SELECTIONS – MERCER CLASSES

Class of 2011 Class of 2012

Class of 2013 Class of 2014

Core Specialties 38 (59%) 51 (61%) 54(61%) 72 (76%)

FM 2 2 2 8

IM 14 15 24 26

Pediatrics 7 17 16 13

Ob-Gyn 5 5 5 9

General Surgery

8 12 4 9

Med/Peds 2 0 3 1

EM 5 7 5 6

GMEMUSM GRADUATES’ RESIDENCY CHOICE

Location of Residency # of MUSM Graduates Location of Residency # of MUSM Graduates

Georgia 108 Tennessee 28

Florida 20 North Carolina 31

Alabama 24 South Carolina 49

Mississippi 6 Virginia 25

Arkansas 4 Louisiana 3

Of the current 399 MUSM graduates in residency, 75% (298) are in the above 10 southern states

GME’S IMPACT ON GEORGIA’S PHYSICIAN

POPULATIONMercer Graduates in Practice

(through 2013)914 total

89% 378 chose a Georgia residency program

336 are Georgia doctors today

GME’S IMPACT ON GEORGIA’S PHYSICIAN

POPULATIONMercer Graduates in Practice

(through 2013)

914 total

52%536 chose an out of state residency

281 are Georgia doctors today52%=national average

INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AT MUSM

Family Medicine Accelerated Track ProgramThe Accelerated Track in Family Medicine (ACT-FM) program (1 of only 2 in the nation) allows for students interested in a career in Family Medicine the opportunity to complete their medical school coursework in an accelerated 3 year program of study. Currently offered in Savannah this program also gives preference for residency slots at our partner hospital-Memorial University Medical Center.

Rural Training Track Residency ProgramSandersville, Georgia

The “rural training track” model is designed to give residents a broad, procedurally-based, hands-on experience in rural family medicine during residency.

MUSM OPPORTUNITIES

• Expansion of the Accelerated Track Curriculum to other MUSM campuses and core specialties of internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics-gynecology

• Full development of the rural training track residency program in Sandersville as a pilot for future expansion into other rural communities.

Rural Training Track Residency ProgramSandersville, Georgia

Jean Sumner, M.D.•Mercer University School of Medicine

First graduating class-1986

Earned the Distinguished Graduate Award and the

Physician’s Physician Award

•Residency in internal medicine at Medical Center of Central

Georgia

•Opened Washington County Internal Medicine in 1990

"When you are a doctor in a small town, you're a doctor first…. I personally think it is an absolute privilege to be in a small town. I don't think you can have a more demanding job than that of being a small-town

doctor. But I really don't think you can have a better one!"

Carter Wallace-Pediatrics-Columbus, GACarter Wallace-Pediatrics-Columbus, GA Forrest Powers-Internal Medicine-Conyers, GAForrest Powers-Internal Medicine-Conyers, GA

Spencer Hutto-Internal Medicine-Douglas, GASpencer Hutto-Internal Medicine-Douglas, GA Shayla Thomas-Family Medicine-Douglas, GAShayla Thomas-Family Medicine-Douglas, GA