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Five Rivers Family Health Center
2261 Philadelphia Drive
Dayton, OH 45406
937-734-4141
The Family Medicine Residency Program moved into a new home in June 2015. The single-story, 27,000-square-foot building is strategically located on the corner at Philadelphia Drive and Salem Avenue, on the northwest side of Dayton, where the residents may serve Dayton's most vulnerable citizens. The facility was developed using best practice examples from across the country, creating an optimal learning environment for our family medicine residents.
The center was designed to meet the educational needs of our residents as well as our patients’ health care needs. It includes a reception area, business and records office, preceptor library/office, resident and faculty offices, conference room, procedures/operating suites, nurses’ station, laboratory and patient education/computer center. The Family Health Center functions as an independent private medical office under the guidance of the residency faculty.
The patient population served by the Five Rivers Family Health Center is diverse, providing our residents with a variety of diagnoses and management challenges. Our procedure room features colposcopy, spirometry and cryotherapy.
Residents begin their clinical practice when they start their training by maintaining routine office hours. The first-year residents spend one to two half days per week in the office, while second- and third-year residents spend two to four half days per week. Nursing home and home vis
its with faculty support are also conducted on a regular basis.
Practice management expertise, which is crucial in today’s business environment, is gained through ongoing seminars and a required rotation. Utilization of an electronic medical record system, EPIC, allows residents to have direct access to their patients' medical record from anywhere. Our program enables residents to effectively utilize consultants and referrals as needed and videotaping facilities are available for residents to hone their interviewing skills.
Residents often comment that coming to office hours provides them with a rich blend of experiences with a continual focus on the care of the family.
Hospitals
Dayton Children's Hospital
Dayton Children's Hospital is a 155-bed private, not-for-profit tertiary pediatric health care facility that offers a full range of inpatient services, 35 subspecialty and general outpatient clinics and public health programs encompassing health maintenance, early diagnosis and treatment. Included within the hospital are a 12-bed pediatric intensive and progressive care unit, a six-bed intermediate care unit, a 10-bed hematology/oncology unit and a 31-bed state-of-the-art Level III newborn intensive care unit. Dayton Children's is staffed by nearly 1,500 employees.
The only children's hospital serving the greater Dayton area, Dayton Children's receives referrals from 20 Ohio counties and eastern Indiana. Operating as an acute care facility since 1967, the medical center offers medical and surgical services as well as diagnostic evaluation in numerous areas. The medical staff consists of around 400 physicians. Additionally, more than 500 community volunteers devote their time to the facility.
Miami Valley Hospital
Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) enjoys a reputation for excellence that has been nurtured and enhanced throughout its 116 years of service. With 973 beds, it ranks among the nation's 100 largest community hospitals. As the region's largest and most comprehensive hospital, MVH sponsors the area's only:
- Level I Trauma Center
- Level III Perinatal Center serving 17 counties (including a 48-bed NICU and the region's only hospital offering ECMO service)
- Air Ambulance Service (CareFlight)
- Adult Burn Center
- Renal Dialysis and Transplant Center
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
In addition, the hospital is a major provider of cardiovascular care, cancer treatment, neuroscience care, physical medicine and rehabilitation and psychiatry. It also offers specialized programs for sports medicine, chronic pain treatment, hearing and balance disorders, sleep disorders and occupational medicine. View all Miami Valley Hospital services.
MVH continually invests in facilities and technology for quality care. Within the last decade, the hospital has replaced its Emergency Center, surgical facilities and Intensive Care Units and added advanced clinical technology including robotic surgery, 64-slice CT and PET/CT imaging capability. Since its founding in 1890, the hospital has remained a community-based, not-for-profit organization.