Central Michigan University College of Medicine-CMU Medical Education Partners Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, university-affiliated EM residency in Saginaw, Michigan built around two ACS-verified Level II trauma centers (Covenant HealthCare and MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw) that together see over 93,000 annual ED visits across a wide urban-to-rural transfer region. The program emphasizes unsupervised-feel trauma exposure (residents "run" all traumas under preceptor oversight), high patient-to-learner ratios with limited competition for procedures, and a heavy simulation infrastructure (10,000 sq ft center, 50+ hours/year). Career outcomes are overwhelmingly community attending positions across Michigan and beyond, with occasional fellowships (EMS, ultrasound, anesthesia critical care), indicating a program oriented toward producing broadly capable community emergency physicians rather than academic subspecialists. The college's institutional mission explicitly centers rural and underserved Michigan populations, and the MIDOCs loan-repayment pathway rewards residents committing to practice in underserved or rural areas of the state.