Family Medicine Residency - McLaren Flint

Application Method

McLaren Flint Family Medicine Residency Program participates in the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) National Resident Match Program (NRMP) and will only accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Paper applications are not accepted.

Required Documents for Application

• A completed ERAS Application within the required timeline
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• 3 letters of recommendation
• Passing scores on the USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 2 CS or COMLEX Step 1 and Step 2 prior to medical school graduation

Selection Process

Applicants are reviewed by the resident recruitment committee; those applicants who meet or exceed our criteria may be considered for an interview.

Eligible applicants will be selected on the basis of their preparedness, ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communication skills and personal qualities such as motivation and integrity.

McLaren Flint will not discriminate with regard to sex, age, race, religion, color, national origin, disability or veteran status.

All applicants must have US citizenship or legal residency status in the US (green card or refugee status) in order to be eligible for an interview. Visas are not sponsored.

Interviews

Interviews will be held virtually only. Applicants meeting the selection criteria will be contacted for interviews by email. Interviews are held in November, December, and January. During interviews, applicants will have the opportunity to meet with our Program Director, faculty, and residents.

The program and its faculty emphasize the importance of Scholarly Activity in medical education and are proud of its residents having received first place at FMX in 2017, 2018, and 2019 as well as third place in 2019! Six posters were presented at FMX in 2020 as well.

In addition, Dr. Pokhrel and Dr. Radhika Kakarala, Internal Medicine Faculty and Medical Director of the Genesee County Free Medical Clinic (GCFMC) in Flint, submitted a grant proposal resulting in an award from the AAFP Foundation's Family Medicine Care USA, in which The Humana Foundation shall provide $25K funding to the volunteer-run medical clinic that provides free care to uninsured patients in the county.

Scholarly Activity/Research

• Evidence-Based Medicine Workshops
• Scholarly Activity Conference
• Scholarly Activity Day
• Protected Research Time
• Scholarly Activity Mentor
• Southeast Center for Medical Education (SEMCME) Research Workshops
• Online training modules
• CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) Human Subjects Research training

Presentations at Conferences

Residents regularly are accepted to present scholarly activity at local, regional, and national conferences, including:

• Flint Area Medical Education (FAME)
• Family Medicine Experience (FMX)
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
• Program Director and Workshop (PDW) Residency Program Solutions (RPS)
• Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education (SEMCME)
• Michigan Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP)
• Michigan Family Medicine Research Day
• American Medical Society of Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Annual Conference
• American Osteopathic Association of Sports Medicine (AOASM)

Graduate Requirements

In order to graduate from the program, residents must meet all of the ACGME requirements including:

• Common Program Requirements
• Family Medicine Residency Requirements
• Achieve acceptable level in their milestone evaluation

In addition, the Program requires:

• Pass the USMLE Step 3 exam (December of PGY-2).
• Competency in at least the following procedures: destruction of skin lesions, excisional biopsy-skin, I&D abscess-skin. EKG interpretation, skin tag removal, newborn circumcision, joint injections, and deliveries.
• Completed required ABFM modules as scheduled by rotation.
• Two scholarly projects, which MUST be a Quality Improvement (QI) project and a Research project.
• Participated and documented at least 2 from each the following list:
• Community service activities
• Home visits
• OB continuity deliveries
• On-field events (sports medicine)
• Sports physicals
• Video reviews (6 in PGY-1, 4 in PGY-2 and 2 in PGY-3)

Where Our Graduates Go

After residency, our graduates go on to accept various positions in the field with some choosing to become faculty, hospitalists, fellows – most recently in emergency medicine, geriatrics, obstetrics & gynecology fellowship programs, or serving families in their community by providing outpatient care in private or group practices.