Develop a Residency

Thank you for considering hosting a resident. It is an experience that we have found not only enriches the life of a new doctor, but also helps grow your practice and advances our profession.

If you would like to become an official residency site through NCNM, we ask that you contact the office of Post-Graduate Medical Education and we will be happy to answer your questions and send you application material. Once you complete the application material, we present your site and the proposed residency position to NCNM’s Post Graduate Medical Education Committee (PMEC) for approval. Upon approval from the committee, we notify the CNME that we have accepted your site. All of this is needed for your resident to receive an official certificate of completion of a year residency in general practice from the CNME.

Before a resident starts working at your clinic, NCNM also will need an affiliation agreement signed from you. This agreement states that your clinic is one of NCNM’s sponsored sites and that you agree to the philosophy of the residency program and agree to the educational/training guidelines that the CNME and NCNM set forth. We will send you via email a copy of an affiliation agreement so that you can review it.

Each of NCNM’s distant sites are on a one year’s probationary period; during which time we have to complete all necessary paperwork, complete a site visit, and basically decide whether this is a good fit for you, your resident and NCNM. Our hope, of course, is that you will decide to continue your position in the future, whether it is for a 2nd year resident or a new 1st year resident. As you know, our profession is in much need for residency sites, as only a small portion of our graduates are able to complete additional years of residency training.

Please feel free to email us or call for further questions and/or concerns. We want to sincerely thank you for considering joining the Residency Program. It is a powerful learning opportunity for our graduates and your time and energy are much appreciated.

Melanie Henriksen, ND, LAc, CNM
Residency Program Director
049 SW Porter
Portland, OR 97201
503.552.1848
mhenriksen@ncnm.edu