formerlyDeaconess
Central Hospital
6150 Oakland Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63139
(314) 768-3006
(314) 768-5632 (FAX)
Forest Park Hospital has quality medical residency programs
in Internal Medicine (Categorical and Preliminary), Transitional Medicine,
and Family Medicine. All programs are unconditionally accredited. The Internal
Medicine and Transitional Medicine programs are affiliated with the
St. Louis University School of Medicine.
Faculty supervision with residents is incisive, comprehensive,
and personal. Education fosters clinical and academic excellence. Residents
are encouraged to participate in research and scholarly activities.
Forest Park Hospital is centrally-located in the west
end of St. Louis City, with easy access to the entire St. Louis metro community
The patient population reflects a wide diversity of social and ethnic backgrounds,
and the referral base is from the St. Louis Medical Group, one of the largest
primary care physician groups in the midwest.
Forest Park Hospital offers competitive wages and benefit
packages for residents. Parking, meals, library resources, and photocopy
services are all free.
If
you would like to receive information regarding any of the residency programs
offered at Forest Park Hospital, please e-mail your name, address, telephone
number and e-mail address:
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medicine residency program has a 58% ABIM internal medicine board passage
rate for the years 1997-99. We have implemented a comprehensive
Board Review curriculum for residents, resulting in 5 of 6 passing on the
first attempt in the year 2000.
The information can be
verified at the ABIM board certification site:
Forest Park
Hospital (Deaconess) received commendation from the JCAHO in 1997,
receiving 99 of a possible 100 points for excellence in health care delivery.