Pre-requisite: Open to Family Medicine residents and Internal Medicine residents at the PGY2 level or above
Duration for Elective: Flexible 2-4 weeks
Rotation Director: Mike Murnik, MD
Educational Objective
To provide the GME learner with a modern rural general family medicine outpatient practice experience with an interprofessional team of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Diabetes Educators affiliated with a Critical Access Hospital on the Coast of Maine
Experiences and Procedures
- Work with Primary Care clinicians on the prevention and management of common, and uncommon, acute and chronic medical conditions in an area with limited local access to resources.
- Work with Primary Care Clinicians integrating MAT, medication assisted treatment, for opiate use disorder in a rural Primary Care practice.
- Work with DO Primary Care Clinicians integrating OMT, osteopathic manipulative therapy and acupuncture into their rural Primary Care practice.
- Work with Primary Care Clinicians integrating contraceptive management, including Nexplanon insertion and removal, IUD placement and removal, endometrial biopsy, and No-Scalpel Vasectomy into their Primary Care practice.
- Perform outpatient Dermatological Procedures including cryotherapy of warts, skin tags, and actinic keratoses; excisional, punch, and shave biopsies of skin lesions and rashes; and minor laceration repairs.
Housing
Blue Hill Hospital does not offer learner housing. Interested residents may seek reimbursement for housing expenses through the MERGE Collaborative. See the MERGE Housing Reimbursement Policy for more information.
