About Residencies or Fellowships
How many residency and fellowship programs does Baystate Medical Center have?
Are residents involved in teaching medical students?
Do residents have a voice in decision-making?
Are there opportunities to meet residents and fellows from other departments?
Where do we eat at the hospital?
Where do we park?
About Baystate Medical Center
Where is Baystate Medical Center?
How does Baystate promote cultural and ethnic diversity in the workplace?
Will Baystate help my significant other find employment?
Is Baystate a "green" workplace?
Does Baystate provide child care?
What library resources are available?
About Springfield and the Surrounding Community
What's it like to live there?
Where should I live?
About Residencies or Fellowships
How many residency and fellowship programs does Baystate Medical Center have?
Baystate Medical Center has 10 ACGME-accredited residency programs and 16 fellowship programs with approximately 300 residents and fellows.
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Are residents involved in teaching medical students?
Yes. According to Baystate Medical Center policy, the position description of both residents and fellows includes:
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participation in the educational activities of the training program
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as appropriate, assumption of responsibility for teaching and supervising other residents and
students
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participation in institutional orientation and education programs and other activities involving the clinical staff.
Since Baystate Medical Center is the Western Campus of Tufts University School of Medicine, each resident is granted a Clinical Instructor faculty apointment.
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Do residents have a voice in decision-making?
Each department has an education committee on which appointed residents sit. In addition, Baystate Medical Center's Graduate Medical Education Committee has resident representatives from each program.
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Are there opportunities to meet residents and fellows from other departments?
Baystate has a number of interdepartmental educational activities designed for, or open to, residents and fellows, such as:
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REACH (Residents Educated in Alternative Cultures and Health), whose programs are open to all with an interest in international health
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WAAM (Women Advancing and Achieving in Medicine), an organization of women physicians and mid-level providers
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BRASS (Baystate Residency Academic Seminar Series) that covers all the curricular topics required by the ACGME Common Requirements and Institutional Requirements in an environment that fosters collaboration across Baystate residencies and fellowships
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Grand Rounds
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Literature and Medicine, an award-winning, hospital-based, reading and discussion program for health care professionals
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Schwartz Center Rounds, an open forum for caregivers to discuss difficult emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients
In addition, the Baystate Resident Spouse Association provides a wonderful chance to socialize with other residents and fellows and their families. There are also social events, including orientation, a bus tour of the community and a holiday party, scheduled throughout the year.
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Where do we eat at the hospital?
As housestaff, your meals at the cafeteria are subsidized by the hospital. Baystate Medical Center has a very extensive selection of food in its cafeteria. Pizza, hot and cold sandwiches, sushi, baked goods, hot breakfasts, a salad bar are available every day. In addition to traditional grill offerings, there are daily specials, such as shrimp linguine and stir fry, cooked to order. Fruit, yogurt, cereal, chips are also sold. Kosher and vegetarian options are available. There is also a Friendly's Restaurant located off the main lobby of the hospital.
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Where do we park?
Baystate Medical Center provides free, on-campus parking for residents and fellows in their own specially-designated lot.
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About Baystate Medical Center
Where is Baystate Medical Center?
In addition to being strategically located in scenic western Massachusetts, the Springfield area has a lot to offer. From U. Conn. and U. Mass Basketball to the Hall of Fame, from Springfield's Falcons to the New England Blizzard, from the Springfield Symphony to the Hartford Opera, there are unlimited things to do. Plenty of local parks, museums, theaters and culture for everyone.
Northampton, Mass., located just a mere 20 minute commute from the hospital, offers much of the activity of a large city but in the safe, convenient setting of a town surrounded by natural beauty. Northampton is the home of Smith College and central to the other institutions comprising the "5-college" region, including the University of Massachusetts, Mt. Holyoke College, Amherst College, and Hampshire College. Northampton has attracted artists, writers, and performers of all types and it's music scene is nationally recognized. It's streets are filled with coffee houses, movie theaters and restaurants representing virtually every nationality. It is a place that must be seen to be believed.
Driving Times to Local Areas:
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How does Baystate promote cultural and ethnic diversity in the workplace?
Baystate Health is committed to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion and cultural competence where all employees are appreciated, fully engaged and supported to work to their full potential. It has established a Diversity Council whose members represent a cross-section of the organization, and an Office of Diversity which is involved in finding better ways to recruit, retain and promote an inclusive workforce.
In 2010, Baystate was named a ‘top performer’ in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), one of just two individual hospitals in New England and eight in the country singled out for the honor.
Examples of Baystate's diversity-related initiatives include:
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a program for leaders designed to explore personal attitudes toward differences and help managers learn how to support an inclusive environment
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the first regional conference on transgender health, hosted by Baystate's Office of Continuing Education, Office of Diversity, and Women Advancing and Achieving in Medicine
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creation of a new international heath travel grant program by REACH (Residents Educated in Alternative Cultures and Health)
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Will Baystate help my significant other find employment?
Our "Relocation Information" page provides links to helpful job-seeking resources in the area. In addition, Baystate's Human Resources Department maintains a career opportunities site where current job openings can be browsed and applications submitted online.
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Is Baystate a "green" workplace?
To promote healthier communities both locally and globally, Baystate has pledged to implement and maintain operations and processes that protect our environment and support good health. It has a Green Team made up of employees from both clinical and non-clinical areas, including Environmental Services, Purchasing, Engineering, Food & Nutrition Services, Surgery, Baystate Children's Hospital, Marketing & Communications, and more. Initiatives include:
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Using locally grown produce in Baystate Health cafeterias
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Completing energy efficiency upgrades in hospital offices and corridors that will lower electric energy use by 20 million combined kilowatt hours over the next fifteen years, lowering operating costs, improving air quality, and reducing air pollution and gas emissions
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Recycling paper, cardboard, metals and batteries
Baystate Medical Center’s Hospital of the Future embraces the principles of efficiency, sustainability and patient comfort, following the Green Guide for Health Care, the health care industry’s first quantifiable, sustainable design toolkit integrating enhanced environmental and health principles and practices into the planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance of health care facilities. The Hospital of the Future features:
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Green vegetated roof that will reduce water run-off and cool building, adding insulation and reducing heat to roof
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Interior skylights to bring daylight to interior spaces, reducing energy requirements.
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Electricity also will be conserved through the use of energy-efficient lights. Light sensors will allow use of daylight whenever possible and lower lighting levels at night.
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Exterior lighting will be controlled to reduce lighting in the neighborhood.
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Landscaping will emphasize native plant types and green maintenance techniques. A
rainwater collection system and water efficient landscaping will be used for irrigation.
See The Greening of Baystate.
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Does Baystate provide child care?
There is no child care onsite, but Baystate's Preschool Enrichment Team (P.E.T.) offers all Baystate Health employees assistance with their search for high quality childcare. Services include:
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Information and referral services to: early childhood programs, child care centers, family child care homes, nursery schools, Head Start, school age programs, and summer camps
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Referrals for families with disabled or special needs children
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Checklist for choosing and comparing child care settings
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Information about a caregiver for your child in your home
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Telephone consultation with a child care specialist
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Child care financial support/assistance information.
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What library resources are available?
Baystate Medical Center’s Health Sciences Library is the largest medical reference library in the region. This new facility also contains a full computer lab, onsite and online bookstore, reference services, full-text journals and books, journal subscriptions, and free Geographic Information Systems (GIS) training and educational materials.
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About Springfield and the Surrounding Community
What's it like to live there?
Considered the "crossroads of New England," Western Massachusetts offers convenient access to a wide variety of outstanding features that make for a rich quality of life for Baystate Health staff.
Western Massachusetts is known for its distinguished arts community, historical sites and first-class recreational features. Among its offerings are:
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Some of the best skiing on the East coast in Vermont, New Hampshire and the Berkshires.
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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Old Sturbridge Village
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Fly fishing on some of the area's fine rivers and in the Quabbin Reservoir.
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Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
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Emily Dickinson Homestead, Amherst
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Whitewater rafting, kayaking and canoeing and other water sports.
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Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Pops
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Six Flags New England Theme Park
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Hancock Shaker Village
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Hiking and mountain climbing in the Berkshires and White Mountains.
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Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
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Arrowhead, Home of Herman Melville, Pittsfield
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Bright Nights - New England's largest holiday lighting display
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Historic Deerfield
Our region also has a proud education tradition and is home to the Five Colleges consortium of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. (See the Life in the Pioneer Valley for information about arts and culture, outdoor recreation, weather and more.)
Springfield lies at the intersection of two major Interstate routes: the north-south I-91 and the east-west I-90 (Mass Pike), giving it convenient access to recreational and cultural opportunities in:
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Where should I live?
Springfield Massachusetts, a mid-sized city of 180,000, and its surrounding communities in the Pioneer Valley form a metropolitan population of 500,000. Interstates 90 & 91 intersect here, Routes 5 & 10 pass through, and traffic jams are virtually unheard of.
So you can choose to live downtown, in a suburban community, or out in the country – even in nearby Northampton or Amherst - and still be within a 15-20 minute easy commute to the medical center. There are many attractive options whether you rent or purchase. From turn of the century farmhouses to historic brick townhouses and gracious suburban homes, housing choices are both abundant, diverse and affordable. The distinctive mix of urban and rural areas and easily accessible cultural and recreational activities makes the Pioneer Valley a uniquely pleasant place to live and work.
Many residents live in the five college community of Northampton, Amherst, Hadley and South Hadley or in nearby communities such as Easthampton and Holyoke. Others live in historic areas of Springfield, particularly in the Downtown or Forest Park areas. For residents with families, there are several suburbs with excellent school systems.
For helpful information about moving to our community, visit the Relocation Information page.
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