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Yavapai - Prescott (Combined with Chino Valley)

Bill ThriftPrescott

Site Coordinator: Bill Thrift, MD

1/2 Student per period (shared with Chino Valley)

801 Miller Valley Road
Prescott, AZ 86313
(1 block from Yavapai Med.
Center)

*Note: Chino Valley and Prescott are one combined FCM (In any one week, you will be at only one of the clinics, not both.)

*** For Periods 2, 4,6, and 8 (if open) the didactic site will be Flagstaff. For Periods 1,3,5, and 7 (if open) the didactic site will be Phoenix.

Housing: 2 BR apt. 1.5 miles from Yavapai Medical Center, shared with a student from other Colleges

Mileage: compensation not provided by FCM

Residency: No
100% with attending

Hospital Affiliation*:
Yavapai Medical Center (YMC) (127 beds)
Has new hospitalist service

Daily # of FP patients: 35

Patient Population Profile:
Full age-spectrum practice, about 20% are children

  • In-patients - 3-6 admits/week
  • No prenatal or OB
  • Procedures - flexible sigmoidoscopy, minor surgery

Flex-time activities: (~20%)

  • YMC - ER ~20% of Prescott time in modern 21-bay ER staffed by Drs. Thrift, Lopez, et al;
  • 60,000 ER visits/year
  • Pioneer Home 130 elderly patients with Dr. David Duncan
  • Yavapai County Health Dept. (STD and TB clinics)

Insurance Spectrum:
5% AHCCCS, 25% Medicare, 60% private insurance. 10% uninsured (pro bono); No HMO patients

Specific Site Info:
Established practice ~ 20 years.

  • 95 miles from Flagstaff or Phoenix
  • Students in periods 1, 5, or 7 would go to Phoenix for Tuesday pm didactics, in periods 6 or 8 to Flagstaff

Comments from Students:

"Dr. Thrift was very willing to instruct. All time was with attending, good off-site activities (ER, Pioneer Home). Lots of preventive, internal medicine cases. Low volume of patients - 10-15 a day, so I was able to focus on writing SOAP notes and take time with patients, and lots of discussion. Great site combined with Chino Valley."

Location http://www.fcm.arizona.edu/index.cfm/1,136,356,0,html