Reading Hospital

Reading Hospital is a resource-rich, 697-bed nonprofit community teaching hospital located in West Reading, PA; a beautiful, thriving suburban location that also offers easy access to Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, Washington DC, and New Jersey beaches.

Reading Hospital Features

Our broad-spectrum approach promotes comprehensiveness for pluripotent residency graduates who are ready for anything! Recent alumni have pursued interests in outpatient family medicine, hospitalist care, rural practice, urgent care, emergency medicine, and fellowships in palliative care, addiction medicine, obesity medicine, sports medicine, public health, and others.

  • Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, West Reading's branch campus since 2021, provides many teaching and mentorship opportunities!
  • 24 residents total, 8 residents per year with a 100% ABFM Board pass rate.
  • Diverse Patient Population - service to a broad range of socioeconomic groups including an underserved, socially challenged, urban, Hispanic population, Pennsylvania farm communities, and a middle class suburban population from a greater metro area of greater than 700,000 people.
  • Clinical Experience and Robust Patient Volumes - the opportunities are limitless. Our emergency department is historically the busiest in Pennsylvania and often one of the top 10 busiest in the USA!
  • Family Medicine Inpatient Service - truly a family medicine service with simultaneous care for adults, pediatrics, and newborns. 24/7/365 resident hands-on ownership with supervision by experienced family medicine faculty.

Family Health Care Center Features

  • Reading Hospital's Family Health Care Center (FHCC) is multidisciplinary, featuring an on-site, embedded PhD Psychologist, Integrated Behavioral Care Clinician, Clinical Pharmacist, and Social Worker.
  • With the innovative "Clinic First" scheduling model, our residents are better prepared for future practice, reducing fragmentation between training sessions.
  • Located on Reading Hospital's campus, travel is limited - maximizing convenience and efficiency.

Curriculum Fast Facts

Curriculum Flexibility optimizes pursuit of special interests like Community Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Urgent/Emergent Care, Global Health, Pediatrics, and Hospital Medicine.

  • Population Health and Community Medicine - opportunities to care for our high-risk, socially disadvantaged population including Berks Free Clinic, Street Medicine, Centro Hispano Community Center, and Primary Care Research.
  • Pediatric Training - superior in both outpatient and inpatient areas with guidance from both enthusiastic pediatric and family medicine faculty. No pediatric residents in the hospital.
  • Evidence-Informed Decision Making / Information Mastery course focuses on the clinical application of Evidence-Based Medicine.
  • Primary Care Procedures - orthopedic, women's health, and dermatologic procedure training.
  • Conference Series - protected time for weekly lectures, workshops, and case-based learning.
  • Addiction Medicine Fellowship affiliated - ACGME accredited and managed by the world-renowned Caron Foundation.
  • Global Health Track with a structured didactic curriculum and international mission trips.

Program Features and Opportunities

  • ACGME Osteopathic Recognition - includes a structured OMM clinic several times per month, monthly OMM lectures, OMM Journal Club, Mock Board Practicals and opportunities for Osteopathic Research.
  • Wellness Program - includes weekly Chief Resident Meetings and monthly Resident-Faculty Forums to facilitate communication of creative ideas to improve our program. Protected time for personal appointments. Listening matters!   
  • Research Opportunities - The Hanna Center for Primary Care Research provides research opportunities for residents, students, academic faculty, and community physicians.   
  • Leadership Opportunities - in addition to Chief Resident roles, residents provide leadership of our Quality Improvement “Team Time” curriculum and to committees including Community Medicine & Outreach, Curriculum & Scholarly Activity, FHCC Problems & Solutions, Recruitment, and Party Planning/Wellness!
  • Educational Resources - Dynamed embedded in Epic EMR, Essential Evidence Plus (EBM database), AMBOSS / New England Journal of Medicine Knowledge +, Yale ambulatory curriculum, and Micromedex among many others.
  • Benefits and perks - Include a competitive salary, a monthly food allowance, and a CME/conference allowance.

Collegial Culture of Respect

We invest in supportive relationships with other departments and residencies to allow sharing of resources. No shortage of patients! No “opposed” model.