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Free-standing and Rotating
HCMC currently offers eight free-standing
residency programs that provide resident physicians with clinical experience
in serving a broad mix of patients from diverse cultural and socioeconomic
backgrounds. These patients are drawn primarily from a population area
of one million which includes the City of Minneapolis.
They are all approved by national accrediting organizations.
In addition, approximately a dozen other programs are integrated with
the University of Minnesota-based residency programs wherein University
residents rotate at HCMC for a portion of their clinical training. There
is a strong emphasis among the programs on collegial teaching and consulting,
and residents appreciate the cooperative, friendly atmosphere.
Approximately 250 residents and fellows at all levels
of training are here at any given time. As a major affiliate of the University
of Minnesota Medical School, HCMC also serves as a training site for approximately
680 medical student rotations annually.
A Long Tradition of Teaching
HCMC was founded in 1887 and has served the
community as a teaching center from its earliest days. It was the first
teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Minnesota Medical
School, with which it has maintained strong ties throughout its history.
Most HCMC faculty physicians hold academic appointments
at the University Medical School, where many have achieved distinction
and have been recognized by students and peers alike for their outstanding
skills as teachers.
An Active Outpatient Clinic System
HCMC's extensive primary care and specialty
outpatient clinic system has assumed greater prominence in the training
programs as the nationwide trend continues toward greater emphasis on
ambulatory care. HCMC clinic visits increased 43 percent during the past
five years with annual visits now numbering well over 300,000.
Primary care clinics include Internal Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology,
and Pediatrics located at HCMC's downtown campus; a free-standing Family
Medical Center located in a community setting within the hospital's primary
service area in south Minneapolis; and the Hennepin Care-North clinic
located in Brooklyn Center, a first-ring northern suburb with many residents
who are members of Metropolitan Health Plan, Hennepin County's health
maintenance organization (HMO). Sixty specialty clinics, including such
specialties as Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Occupational Medicine, Psychiatry,
and Urology, are located at HCMC.
Responding to the Community
HCMC has a long history of developing programs
in response to needs unmet elsewhere in the community. These include Acupuncture
and Alternative Medicine, a Crisis Intervention Center, Hennepin Regional
Poison Center, Burn Center, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center,
a Hyperbaric Medicine facility, and the major chronic dialysis center
(Regional Kidney Disease Program) for the state.
A Downtown Location
HCMC is located in downtown Minneapolis and
occupies four square blocks with its upper levels spanning the intervening
streets. The facility was built in 1976, 12 years after Hennepin County
assumed responsibility for the hospital from the City of Minneapolis.
In 1991, HCMC doubled its size by acquiring the adjacent private hospital,
enabling it to include more private patients in the population and allowing
room for program expansion.
Distinguished Faculty
The medical staff at HCMC consists of 589 physicians,
dentists, and specified allied health professionals. The core teaching
faculty consists of 270 members of Hennepin Faculty Associates, virtually
all of whom have academic appointments at the University of Minnesota
Medical School. Many faculty members have achieved national and international
recognition within their areas of specialty.
Dedication to Research
Research activities at HCMC are conducted through
the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation
(MMRF), a subsidiary of Hennepin Faculty Associates. MMRF administers
more than $11 million in basic and clinical research funds annually from
the National Institutes of Health, foundations, and industry. In addition,
MMRF investigators participate in collaborative research with investigators
at other institutions.
MMRF maintains more than 40,000 sq. ft. of basic and
clinical research space on the HCMC campus. This includes bench space,
large and small animal housing, common equipment rooms, and a 26-bed Clinical
Research Unit.
Interested residents are strongly encouraged to participate
in new and ongoing research projects in basic science and clinical areas.
Role of the G-1 Resident
The G-1 resident has immediate direct responsibility
for care of patients under supervision of the Senior Resident and Attending
Staff of the service through which they are rotating. G-1s write the majority
of patient care orders and assume increasing levels of responsibility
as they progress through each rotation.
G-1s are responsible for the work-up, care, and clinical
records of all patients assigned, including a physical exam and complete
history on the day of admission. The G-1 is also responsible for completion
of the patient's chart at the time of discharge.
G-1s attend assigned clinics and, in general, are responsible
for management of the clinic patients under the supervision of the Senior
Resident and Attending Staff.
G-1 residents are expected to attend the conferences
offered by their specialty. Residents are encouraged to become involved
with the quality improvement, policy making, and administrative functions
of their program and of the hospital.
The emphasis throughout the G-1 year is on performing
the duties of physician and student with the focus on continually broadening
and enhancing the resident's clinical experience.
Duty Hours
Typical duty hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on weekends, with on-call responsibility
on most services every fourth night. Residents are expected to be in the
hospital and available at all times during duty hours or until completion
of each day's responsibilities. Phlebotomy and IV-starting services are
provided by well-trained staff.
CME
The Continuing Medical
Education (CME) Department coordinates more than 20 continuing medical
education programs annually, many of which are available tuition-free
to resident physicians. In addition, CME sponsors annual research poster
sessions with 75 to 100 participants per session.
In Conclusion
We hope we've answered some of your questions
about HCMC and the physician residency programs we offer. We urge you
to closely consider the program in which you have an interest and follow
up with further inquiries to the department's service office. Interviews
with staff physicians and current residents can be arranged.
We are confident that HCMC will provide the clinical
experience, interdisciplinary collegiality, departmental camaraderie,
and high-tech environment that will make your residency training period
truly memorable, rewarding, and above all, educational
For general residency information, please
contact tam.prose@hcmed.org,
Graduate Medical Education Programs Manager.
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