Educational Objective
To Provide the GME learner with a full scope rural family medicine outpatient practice experience in a multi-physician and nurse practitioner primary care practice, as well as in a remote ER staffed by family medicine physicians in a Critical Access Hospital. Northern Light Primary Care Sangerville provides care to patients from Greenville and beyond and is affiliated with C.A. Dean Hospital in Greenville. The Sangerville practice is the closest place for patients from Greenville north to access prenatal care and deliveries occur at Mayo Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft.
Experiences and Procedures
- Our primary care practice, which consists of two physicians and two advanced practice providers, is committed to providing quality care for the underserved population of Northern Piscataquis County and advancing education of health care providers including residents and medical students.
- Work with a family physician with a special interest in woman’s health who performs IUD insertion/removal, endometrial biopsy, and provides prenatal care.
- Take OB and pediatric call from home with a family physician who performs both services at Northern Light Mayo Hospital.
- Work with a group of family medicine physicians who staff both the ER and provide hospitalist services at Northern Light C.A. Dean Memorial Hospital.
- Perform outpatient dermatology procedures including cryotherapy of warts, skin tags, and actinic keratosis; shave biopsies/excisions of atypical skin lesions; punch biopsies of rashes/skin lesions.
- Other experiences within the rotation are also possible, depending on the interests of the resident. These could include working with Mayo Women’s Health with our OB/GYN and family medicine physician with c/section privileges.
Housing
Mayo Hospital has a hospital-owned house on site and can be used for this rotation. There is laundry, common space in the living room and kitchen, and 2 shared bathrooms. Others staying there intermittently include locums, traveling nurses, full-time employees on call, and occasional students.
