Each year,members of the last year's graduating class and their spouses are invited to return for a special dinner with current residents. New graduates describe which areas of their training they found particularly useful. This input is then used to modify the program to ensure that we are continuously providing training appropriate to the evolving health care environment. Many graduates serve as teaching faculty. The residency's main strength is in its solid internship year and in its flexibility.
Residents can gear their training to a rural practice, an urban practice, or anything in between.
The transition from residency to solo practice was a smooth one, and most of my mentors are now my consultants. I'm practicing in rural Utah. I do C-sections, colonoscopies, appendectomies, and hernia repairs. The training I received at McKay-Dee has provided me with the skills needed to meet the many challenges of rural, academic, and currently, remote medicine on a Navajo reservation. It led me to recognize that medicine is a continually changing field, and encouraged me to remain abreast of those changes.