OUR HOSPITAL & CLINIC
When was the new hospital and clinic completed?
We moved into our new clinic in April 2022, one month after the completion of McLaren Greater Lansing hospital. Check out our new location here!
Family Medicine Staff
FAMILY MEDICINE FAQS
What Fellowships are available to family medicine residents?
There are many fellowship options available to family medicine residents. These include sports medicine, geriatrics, OB, sleep medicine, adolescent medicine, palliative care, hospital medicine, preventive medicine, occupational medicine, emergency medicine, wilderness medicine, rural medicine, substance abuse, and women’s health. This is not a complete list and there are more options available.
Where do graduates end up?
Over the past few years, we have had residents find employment all over the country including New York, Illinois, Maine, Virginia, Texas, Washington and Oregon. The past few classes half the residents have stayed in Michigan to practice.
What is the accreditation status of the program?
The residency program continues to achieve full ACGME accreditation annually. We are in the process of obtaining Osteopathic recognition.
What can you tell us about call?
Only during your intern year can you expect rotation specific call coverage. For example, on your cardiology rotation, you may have 24-hour in-house call coverage for their service that month. Currently the only in house call is during Cardiology.
Second and third year residents do have after hours clinic call that is for one week at a time, once every eight weeks on a rotating basis. After hours clinic call is taken from home and on average you may get 2 to 7 calls total during that week. For the most part, after hours call is very manageable and not intrusive to your home life.
Will I have the opportunity to teach medical students?
Yes! We are a base hospital for MSUCOM and rotating medical students are frequent and expected. We believe that resident interactions with students on clinical rotations are a great way to attract medical students to family medicine. There are also behavioral health students that rotate in the residency clinic throughout the year.
What type of patient population do you see in the clinic?
We have a diverse patient population. We have no issues providing our residents with pediatric, women’s health, and geriatric patient experiences. We participate in Medicare, Medicaid and commercial insurance.
Do residents have the opportunity to moonlight?
First-year residents may not moonlight. Second and third-year residents can moonlight with the consent of the program director.
What kind of procedures do the residents do?
Our residents have opportunities to do procedures every day. These procedures include cryotherapy, IUD placements, joint aspirations and injections, incision and drainages, OMT, Pap smears, skin laceration repairs, toenail removals and trigger point injections.
What are the Vacations and Benefits?
Each resident will be entitled to 20 days of vacation for each of the three years of residency training. Full list of benefits here!
Where do residents live and what’s there to do in the area?
Residents live all over in the surrounding communities. Many residents have bought homes as the Lansing area has very affordable real estate. The college town of East Lansing has all of the entertainment options that a Big Ten college town can provide. Variety of options for outdoor recreation including hiking, kayaking, biking, fishing, skiing and more! Detroit is a 1.5-hour drive.
Will all my training occur at McLaren Greater Lansing?
The vast majority of your rotations occur at McLaren Greater Lansing. The few away rotations are at Sparrow Hospital for 1 month of pediatric emergency medicine and 1 month of OB/GYN. Sparrow is located within a 10-minute drive of McLaren Greater Lansing. We also have 1 month of inpatient pediatrics at Helen Devos in Grand Rapids and a stipend is provided for housing.