Frequently Asked Questions
What is the typical call schedule?
The call schedule varies by resident level. Interns (PGY-1) average every third weekend. Second year residents (PGY-2) average every fourth to fifth weekend. Third year residents (PGY-3) average every sixth weekend.
Describe your night float system.
Residents must cover inpatient care and outpatient calls from 7 pm to 7 am. Night float is a two-week rotation. PGY-1s have four nonconsecutive instances of night float. PGY-2s and PGY-3s have two night float rotations in their second and third year.
Please describe the didactics available to residents.
Didactics are mandatory and structured at Munson Family Medicine Residency. Weekly didactics occur on Wednesday afternoons and include both attending and resident presentations.
Attendance at Friday Medical Conference and Tuesday Grand Rounds, offering lectures provided by local and visiting physicians, is strongly advised, but not mandatory.
Morbidity and mortality in different specialties of emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and pediatrics occur monthly.
Finally, our residency program participates in Statewide Campus System (SCS) didactics that occur monthly in East Lansing, Michigan.
What types of activities are residents involved in around the community outside of residency?
Our residents enjoy varied activities outside of residency. Some specific activities in which residents participate include gym memberships at discounted hospital rates, mountain biking or trail running, hiking the numerous trails in the area, participating in trivia nights, playing on the resident community soccer team, and enjoying the ski slopes in the area.
What types of electives are popular in your program?
We have unique opportunities to spend time running the ER/clinic on Mackinac Island as a third year resident, as well as travel to Chogoria, Kenya through the International Track. Residents have greatly enjoyed these opportunities and scheduling for these fills up quickly.
Do you need to travel for any core rotations?
The three core rotations that requires driving outside Traverse City are a pediatric rotation, a Rural ER rotation, and a gynecology rotation all of which are in Cadillac. We try to avoid scheduling these rotations during the winter season. The ER rotation specifically adds a strong rural medicine aspect to our program, which is consistent with our core value of training excellent rural family medicine physicians.