HCA Healthcare-Mercer University School of Medicine-Grand Strand Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, HCA-affiliated Family Medicine residency training at Grand Strand Medical Center, a 403-bed Level I trauma referral hospital in Myrtle Beach, SC, serving a broad-spectrum patient population across Horry and Georgetown counties. The program emphasizes full-scope family medicine training with a large obstetrics unit, newborn nursery, and continuity clinic, and stands out for niche experiences such as forensic evaluation of child abuse victims through a Children's Advocacy Center partnership and a medical humanities curriculum built around physician empathy and wellness. Research is institutionally supported through HCA's national scholarly infrastructure but is not the program's central identity; the emphasis is instead on producing well-rounded, clinically competent, procedurally capable generalists prepared for community practice, with structured practice-management and business-of-medicine training. The program values resident wellness, autonomy, and lifestyle balance alongside a broad procedural and clinical skill set gained through simulation and hands-on exposure.