ON-CALL
Comfortable on-call quarters and resident lounges are provided at each hospital.
LIBRARIES
- Full-time librarian at each hospital library to assist and perform literature searches
- Basic library services and computer services offered
- Free photocopying of articles and interlibrary loan services available
- PubMed with full-text links is available for those who wish to do their own searches via the internet
- Each has a book collection and print journal collection in addition to computer resources
- Local computer resources include PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and EBSCOhost Basic Hospital Package (Medical and Health-Business full-text journals).
- Medical books for personal use can be ordered through libraries to take advantage of institutional pricing.
CONFERENCES
Three hours per week or more are spent in conferences.
- 500 conferences given annually at each hospital.
- Many conferences are multidisciplinary.
- Medical school faculty frequently are guest speakers.
OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- Medical student clerkships and electives.
- Residents in Clinical Pastoral Education and Pastoral Counseling.
- The Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing, a cooperative program of Baptist Health System and Samford University.
- Auburn University School of Pharmacy clinical training site for Pharm-D and post-Pharm-D Fellows.
- A variety of allied health students from local educational institutions rotate regularly to Baptist Health System for clinical experience.
HOUSING
Adequate housing is convenient to both facilities. Base salary is enhanced to help offset food and housing cost.
VISA INFORMATION
Baptist Health System will consider only J-1 Visa applications sponsored by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). Generally BHS will not sponsor H-1B Visa applications.
IMPORTANT – USMLE
Residents must register to take USMLE Step III prior to completion of the first year of residency training. Step III must be successfully completed before the resident will be renewed to continue beyond the second year of training. Individual Residency programs may envoke more stringent requirements.
