Halifax Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program

Halifax is the oldest established community based family medicine residency program in the state.

The Family Medicine Residency Program at Halifax Medical Center is flexible and designed to fulfill each resident's individual needs and objectives. The program provides sequential and gradually increasing ambulatory care responsibility as well as realistic experiences required of family physicians. The family physician is primarily responsible for comprehensive ambulatory care. For this reason, our program increases the time allotted to ambulatory care and community medicine during the three year program. The first year is somewhat similar to a rotating internship with about 90 percent inpatient training and 10 percent ambulatory care. By the second year, time is divided equally between in hospital and ambulatory care services. In the third year, 80 percent of the resident's time is spent in outpatient training.

We have a strong clinical orientation with a wealth of clinical material in the community and hospital. The learning opportunities in the program are structured to provide appropriate training for residents whether their future plans include solo, group or managed care practices, regardless of community size. A significant amount of training time involves preceptorships in private physician's offices. The call schedule decreases from first to third years, to reflect trends being adopted nationwide. The residency program is affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine of the University of South Florida College of Medicine.

University of South Florida College of Medicine

The well-trained family physician should be capable of managing 90 percent of the problems he or she will encounter and can coordinate outpatient management and community support. The foundation of family practice is based on close relationships between the doctor and the community. Because many university medical centers have become dominated by specialists, community hospitals such as Halifax Medical Center provide ideal settings for training. Our objectives are to provide:

1.Comprehensive family practice training in inpatient and outpatient settings that allows graduating residents to feel confident and comfortable practicing in any milieu.

2.The highest quality of continuing, preventive comprehensive health care to patients.

3.Maturity and self-awareness and awareness of personal limitations.

4.Ongoing self-assessment.

5.Mastery of discipline required for continuing medical education.

6.Well-rounded knowledge in the political, social, governmental and business aspects of health care delivery.

The residency program is an equal opportunity employer. Residents are selected through the National Residency Matching Program. Applications will be received through ERAS, the American Association of Medical College's Electronic Residency Application Service. Applicants are screened for commitment to patients and community, as well as academic ability. Flexibility, teamwork and problem-solving ability are desirable. Selection is a group process with resident input being important. Perhaps the most important factor is the ability to get along and integrate efficiently with co-workers.

For more information about this program please E-Mail Eve Ann Magoulas at...
residency.coordinator@halifax.org

Cultural Diversity


A limited number of externships are offered to third and fourth year medical students. Free housing at an apartment close to the hospital is provided to all externs as well as free meals in the hospital cafeteria..  

• For information on Residency, Fellowship
  or Externship applications, Contact:
  Ed Prevatte, M.D., Program Director
  Family Practice Residency Program
  Halifax Medical Center
  P.O. Box 2830
  Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2830

For information on ERAS, Electronic Residency Application Service, contact your Dean's office.

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