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Trinity Medical Center North
Davenport, Iowa

Hospital Highlights:
Trinity Medical Center North moved to its new facility in February 2004 and is now called Trinity at Terrace Park. Our family practice residency program was started in 1975 and is accredited by the AOA and ACOFP. We are approved for six positions are currently funded for four positions. Rotations: Internal Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. In addition to these standard requirements, each resident works three (3) half-days per week in the resident clinic. Additional exposure to Geriatric Medicine is also part of the program as several local nursing homes are visited each week.

City Profile:
Davenport is located in Scott County and it is the county seat. It lies in eastern Iowa along Interstate 80, on the banks of the Mississippi River, one of the few locations where the river runs east and west. George Davenport, a fur trader, and Antoine LeClaire, an interpreter, helped to found Davenport in 1836. LeClaire had received the land from the Sauk and Fox Indians in 1832. Davenport was incorporated in 1839 as a Special Charter City in the Territory of Iowa. Davenport, population 102,000 as of January 1999, is part of the Quad Cities area and home to a diverse industrial base, 27 parks and three golf courses. It has been dubbed the Queen City of the West. Attractions include historic riverboat cruises and gaming, the Davenport Museum of Art, home of a collection of paintings and prints by American Regionalist Grant Wood; and the famous Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival and Bix 7 Race. Davenport is the home of Palmer College of Chiropractic.

Educational Program:
Our family practice residency program was started in 1975 and is accredited by the AOA and ACOFP. We are approved for six positions and are currently funded for six positions. Rotations include: Internal Medicine; Surgery; OB/GYN; Pediatrics; Emergency Medicine. In addition to these standard requirements, each resident works three (3) half-days per week in the resident clinic. Additional exposure to Geriatric Medicine is also part of the program as several local nursing homes are visited each week.

Salaries & Benefits:

Resident Salary:
1st Year $42,000
2nd Year $45,000
3rd Year $48,000

Benefits:
Health, Life & Liability Insurance
Time off for Conferences
Funds for Conferences

Facts & Figures:
Following are general statistics about the training hospital.

For More Information, Contact:
Director of Medical Education & Program Director
Joseph Bergstrom, D.O.
4500 Utica Ridge Road
Bettendorf, IA 66160
Phone: (563) 659-3151
Email: bergstje@trinityqc.com

Updated February 2008