Spokane Training Track
Where We Are
Family Medicine Residency Spokane is located in downtown Spokane, Washington. From our inception, we have enjoyed an outstanding level of support from our geographic, medical, and economic community.
Who We Are
We feel that we offer the best of both worlds: a strong academic presence by the University of Washington, Washington State University and surrounding medical schools as well as an abundance of clinical opportunities within our community. We are extremely fortunate to have dedicated faculty and staff, who optimize the education of our resident physicians.
Our Patients
Urban, suburban, and rural population, including Medicaid and Medicare patients, some private insurance, and sliding-scale fee-for-service.
Our Facilities
Our clinic is located at the Spokane Teaching Health Clinic, a facility with onsite laboratory services, pharmacy, social work, and counseling resources. Most of our hospital work is at nearby Sacred Heart Medical Center including inpatient, obstetric, and inpatient pediatrics rotations. Sacred Heart Medical Center is the largest tertiary hospital in the Northwest with over 600 beds. Some additional training takes place in nearby community outpatient sites. The hospital has resident call rooms and multiple doctor and resident lounges including an exercise space and lactation rooms at both the hospital and the clinic. We have a cafeteria where residents will have a stipend. There are also three Thomas Hammer Coffee stands located in Sacred Heart Medical Center.
The Rural Experience
Given the large rural area surrounding our moderately-sized city, we enjoy significant rural patient and practice exposure. Each of our residents rotates at least one month at our site in Colville, WA, a point of enhanced learning that strengthens breadth.
Obstetrics With Flexibility
Our program offers the flexibility for a more enhanced and hands-on obstetrics experience that is well beyond what most programs can offer. Our OB Track residents get high numbers of deliveries and experience with C-sections. The Obstetrics Fellowship provides additional training in surgical OB for those who seek it.
Collaboration
We collaborate closely with the Spokane Internal Medicine Residency, Psychiatry Residency, and Pediatrics Residency in multiple areas from hospital teamwork to clinic precepting to didactic lectures. We truly value the presence of our colleagues from other specialties and the collaboration enhances our education rather than detract from it. In addition, we enjoy having medical students from nearby medical schools join us for inpatient and outpatient experiences.
Technology
We use Epic at all clinical and hospital sites, which is integrated across Spokane’s network of hospitals, laboratory, and imaging centers. The University of Washington Network provides access to Healthlinks, an extensive electronic tool providing resources such as Dynamed, UpToDate, and much more.
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Contact
Diane Borgwardt
Program Coordinator
Family Medicine Residency
Rural Training Track Residency
OB Fellowship
Email: Diane.Borgwardt@providence.org