McLaren Health Care Corporation-McLaren Macomb Program

Program Identity & Fit

McLaren Macomb is a community-based, DO-heavy, MSU-affiliated Emergency Medicine residency housed in a high-volume (64,000+ visits/year) Level II trauma center with dedicated chest pain and interventional stroke certification, giving residents substantial hands-on exposure to trauma (200+ major cases/year) and a roughly one-third pediatric caseload supplemented by outside rotations at Children's Hospital of Michigan, Beaumont, and Sinai Grace. The three-year curriculum blends standard ICU, OB, ortho, and elective months with dedicated monthly research time in years one and two, structured Thursday didactics, oral boards practice, and simulation/procedure labs, oriented toward producing broadly competent, board-eligible community emergency physicians rather than subspecialists. Scholarly activity is present and structured (IRB training, poster forums, MOA/AACOM presentations) but framed as a training requirement and CV-builder rather than a driver of academic career placement. The program values residents suited to a busy, procedurally rich community trauma center serving a socioeconomically diverse population, with an emphasis on direct clinical competence over academic subspecialization.