We also offer elective options in all areas in the breadth of Family Medicine
including obstetrics and opportunities at our Global Medicine site in Honduras.
Practice Management
Has anyone in medical school taught you how to code and bill? Do you know
anything about personal and professional finance? Were you taught investment
strategies? Do you know how to run an office and be successful? These
are skills most medical students and doctors in training are never taught.
Suddenly you graduate from residency and are thrown out into the world
expected to generate income and know how to successfully run a business.
The Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Residency Program offers a unique
practice management experience not offered by most residencies in the
United States.
As an intern, you will spend thirty minutes a week learning how to navigate
the EMR system, learning how to code and bill, and how to use modifiers
to capture all of the charges you have earned. Once you are comfortable
with those lessons, we move into how to get out of debt, how to build
wealth, and how to protect your family and assets from loss.
In the second year of residency, you will either learn how to design a
practice from scratch or work on a project for the office. You will learn
how to read business reports, hire and fire staff, write office procedures,
how to best protect yourself from lawsuits and, finally, how to look for
a job after graduation and negotiate the best contract that you can.
We have helped multiple past graduates start and maintain successful practices.
If these skills sound important and exciting to you, we are your program!
Other Events
The Annual Residency retreat is held every September at
Capon Springs and Farms. We also hold an annual picnic, dinner dance, graduation ceremony, end
of rotation dinners and more.
