Family Medicine Residency program
Contact usAtrium Health Floyd Family Medicine Residency is committed to training family medicine physicians in evidence-based medicine and an emphasis on compassion for their patients. Our physicians are taught to care for vulnerable populations of all ages, supporting our institution's mission to “improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all."
Our focus
- Train residents to utilize innovative technology.
- Encourage critical thinking problem-solving.
- Prepare residents to manage their own practices at both the individual and organizational levels in a cost-conscious holistic manner, under a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model to aid in increasing accessibility, minimizing barriers to quality patient care, and reducing health-care disparities.
- Create a supportive learning environment with a focus on resident wellness that promotes resiliency by providing the tools to help manage the challenges of physician training.
- Work as one to provide health and wellness through community partnerships and volunteer opportunities.
- Pursue excellence by regularly re-examining, refining, and adapting to current and future needs of residents, teammates, and those we serve.
We provide a supportive learning environment to help manage the challenges of physician training.
Our unique residency experience
Our focus on community health and wellness offers innovative modalities, such as POCUS and osteopathic manipulative techniques, in a small group learning environment while pursuing research, patient safety and quality.
Get to know us
Our active hospital inpatient service provides treatment for patients from the moment of admission from the Emergency Care Center until discharge. We care for an underserved and diverse patient population and provide prenatal to geriatric services. Our care coordination includes transportation to and from our clinic, reduced cost and free care including medications to our uninsured patients in our County Clinic and WeCare Programs.
Learn a variety of inpatient and outpatient procedures
As an unopposed family medicine residency at a community-based hospital, we encourage robust scholarly activity via a research curriculum for our residents, supported by nine full-time and five part-time family medicine faculty, as well as numerous community specialists. We even provide full ICU care for our patients.
Procedures we teach include:
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Colposcopies
- IUD and Nexplanon insertions,
- Minor surgeries
- Joint injections
- Paracenteses
- Thoracenteses
- Obstetrical procedures
- OMT clinics
Our program welcomes third- and fourth-year clinical rotations to our Level III Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and we are proud to have maintained a rolling five-year, 100% board pass rate for our graduates.
A word from our program director
“As you can see, we have a lot of great opportunities and are excited for you to learn more about our program. We have a long, rich history of training high-quality family physicians. Our graduates have gone on to practice full-spectrum care, obstetrics, sports medicine, hospital medicine, outpatient care, urgent care, emergency medicine and academic medicine. This truly is a great program with wonderful people in a supportive culture. We would love to hear from you!”
Program highlights
The Floyd Family Medicine Residency program is a three-year comprehensive experience that gives residents hands-on opportunities in an environment of camaraderie, teamwork and family. Meet our residents and faculty.
Our sponsoring hospital and training facility is Floyd Medical Center. Based in Rome, Georgia, residents benefit from training in a medical hub that boasts over 300 physician specialists and draws patients from a seven-county area.
Our program offers:
Competitive benefits and salary
Medical students can apply for our program using Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) by Nov. 30. Learn more about our application requirements.
Why choose Floyd?
With no competition from other programs, our family medicine residents see a greater variety of patients, getting a much more comprehensive experience.