PUBLIC HEALTH RESIDENCY TRAINING

1. Overview
2. Academic Year
3. Practicum Year
4. Teaching Faculty

Overview

The Public Health (PH) Residency Program of Madigan Army Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to provide Post Graduate Year (PGY) 2 and 3 training.  Graduates of the program are qualified to take boards in General Preventive Medicine/Public Health offered by the American Board of Preventive Medicine immediately after graduation.  Army physicians eligible to apply for training in Madigan's Public Health Residency Program include interns (PGY-1), general medical officers, and physicians already certified in other medical specialties.

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Academic Year

The first year of residency training in Public Health (PGY-2) is known as the "academic" year because residents are fully funded to obtain a Masters of Public Health Degree at one of the US schools of public health (Accredited Schools of Public Health).  Most recent residents have attended the University of Washington, John Hopkins University, or Harvard University. The academic year provides a solid foundation in the core sciences of epidemiology and biostatistcs as well as didactic training in environmental health, health systems administration, and behavioral health.

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Practicum Year

The second year (PGY-3) of training occurs at Madigan Army Medical Center, located at Fort Lewis, WA.  During this year, residents gain a broad experience in applying the tools of public health to address current public health issues. Residents manage the influenza, rabies, tuberculosis, and other communicable disease control programs; support the Fort Lewis Tobacco Cessation Program; investigate and report sentinel diseases; provide travel medicine services; and provide education to commanders, soldiers, health care workers, and other beneficiaries on various public health programs.  Residents gain extensive experience in occupational and environmental medicine.  Each resident completes an in-depth, epidemiologic research project, and usually presents findings at a national meeting. In recent years, residents have received awards in recognition of the superior quality of their individual studies.

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Teaching Faculty

The staff of the Preventive Medicine Service at Madigan Army Medical Center includes three physicians certified in General Preventive Medicine/Public Health and one certified in Occupational Medicine. The staff also includes a full complement of other public health professionals: physician assistants, occupational and community health nurses, environmental health experts, industrial hygienists, health physicists, and an audiologist. Other staff are available to support disease control programs. The staff provides support both to Fort Lewis and to states within the Western Regional Medical Command.

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Preventive Medicine Department
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA