Transitional Year Residency flipbook 2024

Transitional Year Residency

Asheville, NC is a vibrant small city surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina. The city is well-known for its art deco style, live music, award-winning cuisine, craft breweries, outdoor recreation, and eclectic arts scene. Asheville frequently tops national and international lists of the most desirable places to live, work, and play.

250+ independent restaurants | An eclectic mix of exellence Beer City USA | More microbreweries per capita than any other city Outdoor recreation | Waterfalls, rivers, hiking trails and biking trails North Carolina Arboretum | Botanically diverse natural setting Asheville Regional Airport | Five airlines; 25 non-stop destinations

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By the NUMBERS

SINCE 1978

700+

MEDICAL & DENTAL graduates from MAHEC GME programs

$602 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT IN WNC

of MAHEC graduates

250,075 patient visits

• family medicine • internal medicine • ob/gyn • psychiatry • dental

2,386

babies delivered

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6 RURAL FELLOWS

placed in 5 WNC counties

20,300

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

706 100,000 events

participants

1,100+ MAHEC EMPLOYEES

(includes full and part-time)

SIMULATION CENTER V R 1,800 hours

LIBRARY

service interactions

CONTINUING

9 RURAL TEACHING practices in 6 rural counties

GME 2024-2025 snapshot

of simulation programs for

4,600 participating learners

Mission Hospital • • • • • • • • • • •

Daily meal stipend 815 licensed beds 94 ER bays 82 behavioral health beds 51 level III NICU bassinets 47 operating rooms CCU, ICU Level II trauma center Quaternary referral system Large hospitalist program All specialties (except transplant)

50 Best Hospitals Healthgrades - Overall Quality

Level II Trauma State of North Carolina

Magnet® Recognized ANCC

3-start CABG, AVR, AVR+CABG Society of Thoracic Surgeons

50 Top Cardiovascular IBM Watson Health

Comprehensive Stroke Center The Joint Commission

About ASHEVILLE

Asheville, NC is a vibrant small city surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina. The city is well-known for its art deco style, live music, award-winning cuisine, craft breweries, outdoor recreation, and eclectic arts scene. Asheville frequently tops national and international lists of the most desirable places to live, work, and play. Learn more about Asheville’s housing, arts, dining, and more by visiting the Asheville Chamber of Commerce website and ExploreAsheville.com.

250+ independent restaurants | Four-star cuisine to down-home cooking Beer City USA | More microbreweries per capita than any other city Outdoor recreation | Waterfalls, rivers, hiking trails and biking trails North Carolina Arboretum | One of the most botanically diverse natural settings in America Asheville Regional Airport | Five airlines; 25 non-stop destinations

Asheville ranked as the Most Beautiful Small City in North Carolina — msn.com, 2021 North Carolina ranked as the #1 on the Best States For Business for 3rd year in a row — Forbes.com, 2020 Asheville ranked 3 of the Top 50 Best Places to Travel in 2020 — Travel + Leisure, 2020 Asheville’s River Arts District named one of the “hippest neighborhoods to hang out in” — msn.com, 2021

www.ashevillechamber.org/live-visit/

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

The MAHEC Family Health Center, perfectly suited for the practice and teaching of family medicine, is a beautiful 40,000 square foot outpatient facility located five minutes from downtown Asheville and Mission Hospital. We have on-site laboratory, x-ray, mammogram, DEXA, retinopathy screening, and well-equipped minor-surgery rooms. You will train in an array of specialty clinics housed in the Family Health Center, taught by our faculty, including: Osteoporosis Vasectomy Hepatitis C Reproductive health

Medication Assisted Treatment Nutrition Lifestyle medicine Procedures

Simulation Center Our 15,000 square foot center is located on MAHEC’s campus and features labor and delivery, task training, and simulated patient and clinic rooms as well as conference rooms for debriefing. We also have a robust standardized patient program to enhance our simulated learning scenarios.

Group visits Dermatology Sports medicine

BENEFITS

Income Protection Benefits •

Benefits • • • • • • •

Employer-paid liability insurance Professional membership coverage License renewals National Health Service Corps-approved site Workers’ Compensation On-site continuing education programs with low or no fees Resources to access credit union

Health and Wellness •

• • •

Competitive medical, dental, and vision; No premium changes in 5 years Free preventative care visits Employer values work/life balance Employee Assistance Network

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Local Love •

MAHEC has had an academic partnership with UNC School of Medicine for decades. In 2009, UNC SOM opened its Asheville Campus, housed at MAHEC, which provides clinical education for third- and fourth-year medical students at MAHEC, regional hospitals, and outpatient practices in Western North Carolina utilizing an innovative longitudinal curriculum. Residents are part of the education of these students as well as teach fourth year medical students from across the nation on electives and acting internships.

Employer-paid short and long term disability and life insurance Individual disability plan resources Shared PTO donation program

Discount program for local businesses

Located on MAHEC’s main campus in Asheville, UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC includes the UNC School of Medicine Asheville Campus, a master of public health program jointly led by UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Asheville, and innovative educational and research collaborations with UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Adams School of Dentistry.

UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC is supported and informed by our Department of Program Evaluation and Research and the Library Science Department which focus on rural healthcare workforce development, academic medicine, clinical research, and practice transformation to improve patient, community, and population health.

www.mahec.net