Program History
The Emory Preventive Medicine Program received full accreditation in 1994 and has since trained over 20 residents. Our program is accredited for a total of four positions and offers considerable attention to the individual requirements of residents with enough flexibility to accommodate persons with highly diverse backgrounds and interests. Our goal is to train individuals to become board certified specialists in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health with the potential to become academic, policy and industry leaders in the field of Preventive Medicine.
Our program is unique in that each resident is actively involved in the creation of an educational plan, which serves as his or her curricula and demonstrates the means by which ACGME core and preventive medicine competencies will be met. These documents are reviewed and updated on a semi-annual basis as the needs of the resident change. To see a sample of an educational plan, click here.
Clinical Phase
Our program, like that of many Preventive Medicine Residencies, will only accept residents who have already completed a PGY1 clinical year that complies with ACGME standards for Preventive Medicine Residents These standards include 12 months of training in an ACGME-accredited program with a minimum of six months of direct patient care.
Academic Phase
Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University provides the academic coursework for the residency program. A core curriculum fulfills the requirements of the School of Public Health as well as those of the American Board of Preventive Medicine and is supplemented by a concentration area of the resident's choosing. Residents in the academic phase will work towards the completion of a master of public health (MPH) degree acquiring both basic and advanced knowledge in areas including, but not limited to epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy and management, environmental and occupational health, behavioral sciences and health education and global health. The program requires 12 months (42 credit hours) and may or may not include a thesis project, depending on the area of concentration. The academic phase may be combined with the practicum phase; however, the academic phase may not follow the practicum phase.
Practicum Phase
The practicum phase offers the residents experience in virtually any site that compliments residents' needs and goals. Considerable attention is devoted to individual requirements of the residents allowing flexibility in addressing a diversity of interests. Past practicum sites have included the Atlanta VA Medical Center, Centers for Disease Control, Emory University School of Medicine, World Bank, the Carter Center, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Hospice of Atlanta, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alaska Department of Health, Council in African American Affairs and Health Sciences Online.
Kudos
Top (#1) in-service exam score: 2001
Best Resident (in the U.S.): 2001, 2007
Rising Star Award (ACPM): 2003, 2005, 2006
Leadership Among Resident Physicians (AMA): 2006
