Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Phoebe Program

Program Identity & Fit

A three-year community-based residency sponsored by Phoebe Putney Health System in Albany, in rural southwest Georgia. It uses an integrated block curriculum of four-week rotations: the first year covers inpatient family medicine including night float, neurology, emergency medicine, a procedures block, two obstetrics blocks and inpatient and outpatient pediatrics; the second adds geriatrics, musculoskeletal medicine, health systems management, a third obstetrics block, gastroenterology, cardiology and critical care; the third covers outpatient gynecology, dermatology and allergy, hematology and oncology, general surgery, pediatric night float, behavioral health and three electives. Residents see continuity patients at the residency clinic on the hospital campus. The program reports board pass rates among the highest in Georgia and states that most graduates enter hospital medicine or outpatient primary care, with others completing fellowships in sports medicine, behavioral health, maternal health, palliative medicine and emergency medicine.