Postdoctoral Study
Training Programs: OPTIK Membership Roster
Quincy Family Practice Center/Blessing Hospital
Quincy, Illinois
www.quincyfp.org
Residency Programs:
Family Medicine
4 osteopathic positions are approved each year
Is your program dually accredited?
Yes
Salary Information:
PGY 1 $48,987
PGY 2 $51,667
PGY 3 $53,960
There is an educational allowance of $3,000 for the first year of residency and $3,000 each year for the second and third year of residency for a total of $9,000 in the three year program.
Free YMCA membership for the resident and their family members
22 vacation days and 5 education days are provided
$5,000 sign-on bonus
AAFP and AOA dues are provided by our program for the residents
Noon meals provided weekdays
On Call Food Stipend - 1st year $400, 2nd year $200, 3rd year $200
Information Technology Package: Laptop computer and cable or DSL high speed internet access
Clerkship Opportunities:
Rotations are available in family medicine, emergency medicine, psychiatry,
intensive care medicine, ENT and sports medicine for medical students.
Free housing and meals are provided by Blessing Hospital for these rotations.
Educational Program:
The osteopathic program encompasses a longitudinal curriculum that is integrated with the family medicine residency curriculum. The osteopathic resident physicians regularly perform osteopathic assessments on their patients in the emergency room, hospital setting, and out-patient continuity clinic. They rotate several times a year through an osteopathic manipulative training clinic in the continuity center and receive first hand instructions on various osteopathic manipulative techniques and osteopathic principles. In addition they frequently perform osteopathic evaluations and techniques on their continuity clinic patients. Six osteopathic workshops are given yearly by Dr. Lausen, a Southern Illinois University faculty physician and trained OMM fellow. During the workshop the residents learn new techniques, perform OMM evaluations and receive evaluations on their techniques. The residents are also required to teach their fellow colleagues about osteopathic practices and principles during the noon lectures.
Educational Perks:
Required daily noon conferences at the family practice center offer outstanding didactic programs. In addition, Blessing Hospital provides educational conferences. A generous educational allowance* also allows residents to attend other CME programs.
The Southern Illinois University Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship is also available. Quincy is unique among other primary care fellowships as it specifically trains graduates to practice family medicine and primary care musculoskeletal medicine in rural or less populated areas. The patients in these locales may not have the same access to healthcare as those that live in larger cities. The curriculum is composed of 3 longitudinal, 8 block, 2 off-site and 5 skill-based rotations during a 12 month period.
Hospital Highlights:
Blessing Hospital and the former St. Mary Hospital jointly sponsored the Quincy Family Medicine Program from its inception in 1979 until April of 1993. Blessing Hospital now operates both hospital campuses and continues as the sole sponsor of the Family Practice Program
Blessing and its corporate services provide full medical social and educational programs for a service area of more than 200,000 people. It is a not-for-profit institution serving a rural 23 county marked in the Tri-State area.
The Blessing 11th Street campus is a 435 bed health care facility in which acute medical services are concentrated including medical, pediatric, surgical and obstetric services as well as the intensive care unit and Level II trauma center. Also at this facility are the skilled nursing, long-term care and rehabilitation units.
Blessing has a clinical information system, computerizing all clinical documentation.
Diagnostic and therapeutic technology are state-of-the-art at Blessing. In 2003, the 11th Street campus added a 42,000 square foot Cancer Center, bringing together the community’s cancer services under one roof and offering new types of care. In 2004 Blessing added a new Heart and Vascular Center program, including performing open heart surgeries. Diagnostic imaging services include digital subtraction angiography, fourth generation CT scanner, nuclear SPECT and PET scanning.
Blessing Hospital at the 14th Street campus, now houses units dedicated to inpatient adult and adolescent psychiatric care and to out-patient surgery including ophthalmology, gynecology, otolaryngology, podiatry and oral surgery. This campus also houses the GI center, a gastroenterology laboratory with state of the art endoscopic capabilities.
Blessing provides Air Evac services for tertiary care transports and for emergency response. The new Blessing Heliport complex was recently named among the best in the state. Other services provided by Blessing include the Hospice program, support groups for a variety of medical and emotional illnesses, and home care services.
Blessing is dedicated to medical education. In addition to the Family Practice Program, it sponsors the Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing as well as training for laboratory, radiology technology, surgical technology, respiratory therapy, phlebotomy, paramedic and EMT programs.
Blessing Hospital blends the best of the care and compassion of community hospitals with the latest technology and is the area leader in the development and implementation of innovative hospital and home health services.
The Body Motion Center is an ambulatory care center attached to Blessing Hospital and includes psychiatry, sports medicine, physical therapy, orthopedics, primary care and multiple specialties.
Facts & Figures
Following are general statistics about the training hospital.
| Beds | 435 |
| Average Occupancy | 54.7% |
| Admissions | 14,955 |
| ER visits | 53,640 |
| Births | 1,157 |
| Out-patient Surgeries | 2,917 |
| In-patient Surgeries | 2,062 |
| Medical Staff | 107 |
City Profile:
Quincy is noted for its natural and architectural beauty. Quincy streets are lined with stately hardwood and flowering trees, providing particularly breathtaking scenery in the fall and spring. Quincy’s 27 parks provide homes for frequent concerts, parades, and annual regional events such as the Dogwood Festival. Quincy has earned a national reputation for its historic architecture. Many well-maintained homes in Quincy’s Historic District appear in the National Register of Historic Homes. Quincy’s civic convention center, located uptown near the riverfront, was opened in 1995. Quincy has outdoor walking trails, YMCA, and many churches.
Transportation: I-72 gives Quincy a direct interstate link to the rest of the state. Amtrak links Quincy to Chicago with daily morning and evening services. Air service to Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis is available each day from Quincy. The city has received the designation of “City of Trees” for many years. Quincy has a shopping mall as well as two shopping strips.
Quincy’s Fine Arts: Performing groups include Quincy’s own Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Community Theatre and Civic Music Association. Quincy has frequently received awards for its fine arts programs, which are promoted by the nation’s first community arts council, the Quincy Society for the Fine Arts. Quincy also has the Quincy Art Museum and the Quincy Art Center and the Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design. The Mid Mississippi Muddy Water Blues Society has blues in the park performances every weekend during the summer months.
Sports and Recreation: Quincy’s 27 parks allow easy access to golf, swimming, tennis boating, softball, soccer, Frisbee golf, and basketball. Quincy also has private country clubs, boat clubs, an indoor tennis club, and a swim club. YMCA memberships are provided for the Quincy Family Practice residents and their families. The area offers opportunities for boating camping, hiking, and hunting. Siloam Springs State Park and Wakonda State Park are both within a half hour drive of Quincy. Mark Twain Lake, an ideal area for a weekend of camping, boating and fishing, is located 45 miles to the southwest.
Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center – A $24.5 million dollar 96,000 square foot facility is under construction with programs to promote community wellness. It will be available for all income levels and will include centers for teen activities, fitness and aquatics, worship and community programs. It is slated to be completed by August 2011.
Other Perks:
Housing, transportation assistance, meal vouchers, concierge services, child care, moving assistance, and other assistances are provided to the intern/resident/fellows and/or spouse/child.
Education:
Quincy’s excellent primary and secondary schools have a national reputation for innovative curricula and achievement. In addition to the public schools, an outstanding network of parochial and Christian schools provide quality education. Quincy University is a four year liberal arts college that provides a multitude of undergraduate and graduate degrees, including MBA. Excellent educational opportunities are available in the fields of business education and music. The college also provides a wide variety of cultural and sports evenings, including NCAA Division I soccer.
Other educational opportunities in Quincy are available at the Blessing Rieman College of Nursing, various ancillary medical training programs, John Wood Community College and Quincy Technical Schools. Other area colleges include Western Illinois University in Macomb, Truman State University in Kirksville, MO Culver-Stockton College in Canton, MO and Hannibal-LaGrange College in Hannibal, MO.
What makes your program unique?
This unopposed, community-based program is dually accredited and offers outstanding clinical training with a strong emphasis in rural and emergency medicine. Faculty are highly dedicated to teaching and are well-known at state and national levels. Residents are energetic, enthusiastic learners who will welcome you to the area.
Testimonials:
“Quincy Family Medicine provided a strong hospital and ICU education as well as plenty of opportunities form procedures.”
“This program provided a nice balance between outstanding residency training and personal time.”
“This program provided a superb opportunity for me to hone my osteopathic skills. I performed on average manipulation on 2-3 patients per clinic giving me ample practice in osteopathic manipulation. They provided regular well-planned training sessions preparing me for practical exams and board certification. Manipulation is encouraged and fostered in this program.”
“This program prepared me better than I could have ever imagined for a comprehensive private practice in family medicine.”
“I feel well prepared to begin private practice in a rural setting.”
“Residency is the next plateau in medicine. The responsibilities change from medical school years to the residency level. The faculty and staff at Quincy Family Practice Residency certainly make this transition process bearable and many times enjoyable. If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life!Having successfully completed three years of training here, I can attest to the dedication of the teaching program here and the value of the foundation created for the rest of my career. No one here has had any regrets about training in Quincy, IL because of the many things the Program offers.I feel confident, prepared and competent to start working this summer a part of the Multispecialty group I have signed with in South Florida. The Program Director here mentioned something in the orientation week of our first year, something that has stuck in my mind ever since: Tempered Independence. This is very true. This is what you will feel as you proceed through the training program--a gradual feeling of being an Independent Practitioner.”
"This program helped me learn how to handle complicated cases."
"My training at SIUQFPC was excellent.The program is unopposed which allows the residents many learning opportunitiesconcerning patient management. The staff and community doctors truly are focused on teaching the residents medicine. The first year of residencycall schedule is uniquewith the ER training that we getthroughout the first year in addition to the ER rotation that is required. This really helps you learn how to access patients quickly and stabilize them.
We also have noon conference everyday for didactic training which is done by staff, community doctors, and residents.
This program is excellent and I would highly recommend it to anybody seeking training in rural medicine."
"ChoosingQuincy for my residency is one of the best decisions I made for my career as a physician. I feel fortunate to be obtaining such a good education in rural andsportsmedicine in a completely non-oppositional environment. As an Osteopathic physician, my skills in manipulation have been hugely welcomed and encouraged, both in the out-patient and in-patient settings. I've had plenty of opportunity to improvethese skills both clinically andin monthlyOMT seminars."
"I came to Quincy bare-handed with two things: my big suitcase of old clothes,which I suspected may not even weather the winter months, and my heart full of hopes and dreams. Now, what I am going away with is more than my suitcase and my heart could ever contain - loving friends for life and excellent teacherswho helped me prepare for the real world."
“I am completely satisfied with my residency education. ISU-Quincy has a very committed and diverse faculty and a comprehensive curriculum that has helped me become a well-rounded physician. I am entering a rural practice and feel more than ready to provide independent, full-scope care. Can’t wait!”
“During my three years at SIU QFPC, I soon realized that the faculty, residents and staff at QFPC became my second family. They cared about my education, training, as well as me as a person. When unfortunate events occur in life, we chipped into help each other and support each other through them. I would recommend SIU QFPC to anyone looking into a family medicine residency.”
“For the past three years I have had the privilege to be a part of QUINCY Family Medicine. The faculty and staff here have not only helped me enhance my skills as a physician but have helped me grow as a person. They have become my family away from home. I could not have chosen a better place to train.”
“SIU-Quincy Family Medicine Residency program has become a second family to me over the past few years. The faculty, residents and staff were all invested in my development into an excellent physician. I really enjoyed my time here.”
For More Information, Contact:
Paula Mackrides , D.O.
Director of Medical Education, SIU Quincy
612 North 11th Street
Quincy, IL 62301-3266
Phone: (217) 224-8957
Fax: (217) 224-9750
Email: pmackrides@siumed.edu
Mary Ann Epley, CPS-CAP
Residency Coordinator
612 North 11th Street
Quincy, IL 62301-3266
Phone: (217) 224-8957
Fax: (217) 224-7950
Email: mepley@siumed.edu
Updated 2011
