Family Medicine Residency – Teaching Sites

Our main teaching sites for the standard Family Medicine Residency Program are the ECU Family Medicine Center and ECU Health Medical Center, which serve a diverse patient population from Greenville and surrounding communities.  Rural program residents also spend considerable amount of time during PGY-1 at these sites, with the addition of rural community main teaching sites during PGY-2 and PGY-3.  Rural residents that MATCH to Ahoskie have continuity clinic at Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center and also train at ECU Health Roanoke Chowan Hospital.  Rural residents that MATCH to Duplin have continuity clinic at Goshen Medical Center Beulaville and also train at ECU Health Duplin Hospital. Rural residents that MATCH to Roanoke Rapids have continuity clinic at Rural Health Group-Halifax Medical Specialists and also train at ECU Health North Hospital.  Standard and Rural residents will also have opportunities to train at other community sites.

ECU Family Medicine Center

Much of our training takes place in the ECU Family Medicine Center. The Center, eastern North Carolina’s foremost patient-centered medical home and medical training facility, provides the best in healthcare to a 29-county region in eastern North Carolina.

All Family Medicine divisions and services are housed in the 112,000 square foot facility. The facility offers 60 exam rooms, dedicated sports medicine and geriatrics modules, three minor surgery/procedure rooms, ultrasound, counseling rooms, physical therapy, radiology, lab, and pharmacy services.

Services offered include urgent care, primary care, prenatal care, minor surgical procedures, sports medicine, geriatrics, family and individual counseling, patient education and nutrition. Inpatient and nursing home care are also provided to Family Medicine patients.

Residents, medical students, and other learners thrive in the rich clinical and educational environment of the Family Medicine Center. By design, the building facilitates interaction and communication. Family Medicine faculty interact with residents, medical students and other learners in both the clinical and classroom environments. There are two precepting rooms in the clinical areas, classrooms, and auditorium, and six conference/meeting rooms. Residents have administrative offices located near the faculty physician offices. Like faculty, each resident has a computer at their work desk.

All exam rooms and the resident office are furnished with computers for easy access to our inpatient and outpatient electronic medical records. The Family Medicine Center, specialty clinics within ECU Physicians, and ECU Health Medical Center all use Epic EHR.

Our family medicine center cares for a primarily undeserved, racially diverse population, as well as a mixture of hospital and university employees and their families. Our patients serve as our greatest resource by providing a wide variety of disease processes and pathology from which to learn.

ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center is a 964-bed Level 1 Trauma Center that serves as the principle teaching hospital for our residency program. The facility sees over 43,000 inpatient admissions and over 121,000 ED visits per year. It is the third largest Level 1 Trauma Center in the nation. The GME system has over 400 residents and fellows from a broad range of specialties, including: internal medicine, medicine-pediatrics, emergency medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, psychiatry, and other combined programs.

ECU Health Medical Center has been named a top teaching hospital by Solucient, and US News and World Report and Solucient named ECU Health Medical Center a top hospital for cardiovascular services. Working Mother magazine named ECU Health Medical Center one its “100 Best Companies” for working mothers.

ECU Health Medical Center is the predominant referral center in the region and serves 1.5 million people across 29 counties in eastern North Carolina. The facility provides state-of-the-art technology for optimal patient care and fundamental inpatient education.

Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center

Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) is a 45,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art clinic facility located in Ahoskie, NC.  It is the flagship clinic and administrative headquarters for RCCHC, a large regional FQHC serving the residents of rural northeastern NC.  This large rural FQHC clinic has 55 exam rooms, allowing for over 31,000 patient visits annually.  To learn more about RCCHC, please feel free to visit www.rcchc.org

ECU Health Roanoke Chowan Hospital

ECU Health Roanoke Chowan Hospital is a 114-bed rural community hospital located in Ahoskie, NC.  It serves Ahoskie and the greater Hertford county region of eastern NC.  It is located in the northeastern catchment area ECU Health Medical Center.  This rural community hospital has nearly 5,000 hospital admissions, approximately 400 deliveries, and over 24,000 emergency room visits annually.  To learn more about ECU Health Roanoke Chowan Hospital, please feel free to visit https://locations.ecuhealth.org/details/180

Goshen Medical Center Beulaville

Goshen Medical Center is a 15,000 sq ft clinic located in Beulaville, NC.  It is one of the largest clinics in the Goshen Medical enterprise, a large regional FQHC serving the residents of rural southeastern NC.  This large rural FQHC clinic has 30 exam rooms, allowing them to see over 15,000 patient visits annually.  To learn more about Goshen Medical Center, please feel free to visit www.goshenmedical.org

ECU Health Duplin Hospital

ECU Health Duplin Hospital is an 81-bed rural community hospital located in Kenansville, NC.  It serves Kenansville and the greater Duplin county region of eastern NC.  It is located in the southeastern catchment area for ECU Health Medical Center  This rural community hospital has over 3,500 hospital admissions, approximately 500 deliveries, and over 27,000 emergency room visits annually.  To learn more about ECU Health Duplin Hospital, please feel free to visit https://locations.ecuhealth.org/details/119

Rural Health Group-Halifax Medical Specialists

Rural Health Group-Halifax Medical Specialists  is a 30,000 sq ft clinic located in Roanoke Rapids, NC.  It is one of the largest clinics in the Rural Health Group enterprise, a large regional FQHC serving the residents of rural north-central NC.  This large rural FQHC clinic has 30 exam rooms, allowing them to see over 20,000 patient visits annually.  To learn more about Rural Health Group, please feel free to visit https://rhgnc.org/

ECU Health North Hospital

ECU Health North Hospital is an 204-bed rural community hospital located in Roanoke Rapids, NC.  It serves Roanoke Rapids and the greater Halifax county region of eastern NC.  It is located in the northwestern catchment area for ECU Health Medical Center  This rural community hospital has over 5,000 hospital admissions, approximately 500 deliveries, and over 30,000 emergency room visits annually.  To learn more about ECU Health North Hospital, please feel free to visit https://locations.ecuhealth.org/details/90

Community Rotations

Our standard program includes additional rotations in Greenville, as well as in the nearby towns of Smithfield, Goldsboro, and Kinston.  Our rural programs include rotations in the nearby towns of Ahoskie, Beulaville, Greenville, Wilmington, Murfreesboro, Edenton, and Kenansville.  Some residents opt to rotate through other small communities, such as the picturesque coastal town of Hatteras.  Community rotations provide residents an opportunity to work one-on one with practicing physicians in rural communities in a variety of specialties, such as obstetrics and orthopedics.

Standard and Rural program residents have the opportunity to complete elective rotations in the environment of their counterpart (Standard program residents can do rural program electives and vice versa).

Elective Options