Ascension St. Vincent
Family Medicine Residency

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Who We Are

Having been established in 1970, St. Vincent Family Medicine is one of the first fully accredited family medicine residencies in the nation. Our residents have a long history of serving the central Indiana community

With a comprehensive academic tradition, and the family-centered emphasis of a community hospital, Ascension St. Vincent is a unique and exciting place to practice and learn medicine. Our residents enjoy a collegial teaching collaboration with other Ascension St. Vincent residencies and fellowships (Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Electrophysiology, General Surgery, Geriatrics, OB/GYN, IM, Peds, Podiatry, Preliminary, Transitional Year)

Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis is a full-service, nationally recognized tertiary care hospital with with Level I trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, transplant center, and burn center. We provide all of the resources to hone and develop our residents' capacity to provide exceptional full-spectrum primary, urgent, acute care services, and obstetric care in a broad array of settings. Our residents have a 100% ABFM First-Time Pass Rate and are offered the best opportunity for a sustained career of learning and leadership.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to help create healthy communities in central Indiana and to provide compassionate care and advocacy for all who are in need. At the Joshua Max Simon Primary Care Center, our residents address the many social determinants of health care affecting our vulnerable populations. In doing so, we advocate on behalf of our patients' complex mental health and psychosocial needs, limited access to health services and healthy food choices.

We care for a diverse patient population and see patients of different ages, races and ethnicities, abilities and disabilities, genders, religions, cultures and sexual orientations.

Our abundant Latinx population provides residents with the opportunity to improve Spanish fluency. Likewise, our well- resourced clinic has excellent in-person interpreting services available for Spanish and other languages. Our specialized refugee clinic provides culturally and linguistically appropriate health screenings and assessments to a vast refugee population. The Global Health Elective allows the opportunity for yearly trips (previously to the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Honduras)

Teaching Opportunities and Leadership Development

Opportunity to teach 3rd and 4th year medical students in clinic and on wards

Residents in 2nd and 3rd year lead teams with Family Medicine, Transitional Year and Podiatry interns

Leadership Development
- Teaching workshop as second year resident
- Opportunity to serve on House Staff Council and participate with hospital leadership
- Opportunity to have leadership roles for the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians.

Opportunities to present research
- Annual Ascension St. Vincent Research Symposium
- Indiana Academy of Family Physicians Annual Research Day
- Family Medicine Midwest

Longitudinal Performance/Quality Improvement Project

Academic Excellence

100% ABFM First-Time Pass Rates
Graduates with ABFM Exam Scores above National Average
- See average ABFM Scores for residencies. We are on page 233.
Yearly in-training exam and personalized learning plan for boards preparation

Collaboration

Collaboration for teaching, supervision and patient care teams or call shifts with other Ascension St. Vincent residencies and fellowships (Cardiology, General Surgery, Geriatrics, OB/GYN, IM, Peds, Podiatry, Preliminary, Transitional Year)
- These well-established relationships are one of the best and most valuable aspects of training at St. Vincent
- Through our collegial relationships, we foster excellent academic evidence-based patient care and a rich educational environment for residents
PharmDs dedicated to teams on wards and in clinic
Psychologist and social workers see our patients in clinic and are available for urgent consults

Facilities

Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis is a Tertiary referral hospital providing a great variety of pathology
Level 1 Trauma Center
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital referral center for the state of Indiana
St. Vincent Women's Hospital has a large volume of routine and high risk obstetric care and the largest Level 4 NICU in Indiana

Elective Rotations

We offer a one month Family Medicine elective July through December. Students spend most of their time in the Family Medicine clinic, but may spend 1 week on our adult inpatient service if they wish. Interested students should contact Beth Dragoo at bvdragoo@ascension.org.

Observerships
We do not provide observerships before the match. If you match in one of our programs, there is a possibility of an observership or externship after the match and before residency in order to assist you with orientation to our hospital.

Ascension St. Vincent Family Medicine Residency