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About Family Medicine Residency

Where you will train

Our residency is supported by a two-hospital system, which enables our residents the finest experiences in inpatient medicine, intensive care, emergency medicine, surgery, and obstetrics. Hospital-based rotations are completed at our community hospital in Niles, Michigan, and at our central site in St. Joseph, Michigan.

Niles

main lobby of the Niles clinic
resident lounge at Niles with seating and computers
Resident lounge at Niles with a kitchen, chairs, and computers
Private workspace with table, phone and computer with a door
resident lounge at Niles with seating and computers
Resident lounge at Niles with a kitchen, chairs, and computers
Private workspace with table, phone and computer with a door
resident lounge at Niles with seating and computers
Resident lounge at Niles with a kitchen, chairs, and computers
Private workspace with table, phone and computer with a door
resident lounge at Niles with seating and computers
Resident lounge at Niles with a kitchen, chairs, and computers
Private workspace with table, phone and computer with a door

St. Joseph

main lobby of the St. Joseph clinic
lecture hall with tables and large screen
Table and chairs and a big monitor in the training room at St. Joseph
resident lounge at St. Joseph with tables and chairs
table and kitchen in the lunch area of the resident lounge
testing room with computers at St. Joseph
lecture hall with tables and large screen
Table and chairs and a big monitor in the training room at St. Joseph
resident lounge at St. Joseph with tables and chairs
table and kitchen in the lunch area of the resident lounge
testing room with computers at St. Joseph
lecture hall with tables and large screen
Table and chairs and a big monitor in the training room at St. Joseph
resident lounge at St. Joseph with tables and chairs
table and kitchen in the lunch area of the resident lounge
testing room with computers at St. Joseph
lecture hall with tables and large screen
Table and chairs and a big monitor in the training room at St. Joseph
resident lounge at St. Joseph with tables and chairs
table and kitchen in the lunch area of the resident lounge
testing room with computers at St. Joseph

Longmeadow Continuity Clinic

The Family Medicine Residency Clinic is located in southern Berrien County in Niles, Michigan. It is a five-minute drive from Lakeland Hospital, Niles, and a 25-minute drive to Lakeland Medical Center, St. Joseph. The resident space encompasses up to ten (10) exam rooms including three (3) procedure rooms, three (3) rooms for osteopathic manipulative treatment, and a resident office/library.

It is at this site that residents will care for their panel of patients. The residency clinic is an environment consistent with the operation and function of an attending physician's office. Residents are part of a team of attending faculty and residents, which delivers care in over 18,000 patient contacts per year, over 9,000 of which are resident-only patient experiences. The resident physician is included in all office and clinical management of Lakeland Family Medicine, Niles. We believe this close association of the resident to faculty and staff is a vital part of the overall maturation experience of today’s family medicine resident education.

Progressive patient care responsibility in the outpatient setting occurs over the three-year continuum of rotation experience. Clinical experience ranges from newborn care, in-office procedures, wellness promotion, OMT (osteopathic manipulative treatment), chronic disease management, nutrition and weight loss management, and end-of-life care.