MIDOCs residents commit to serving two years of full-time clinical practice at an approved service site. Below is a basic overview of the service commitment requirements.

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Qualified Practice Sites
MIDOCs qualified practice sites are health care facilities that are located in urban or rural Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) or a Medically Underserved Area or Population (MUA/P) that provide primary care and mental health services.

Examples include, but may not be limited to:

• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

• Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)

• Indian Health Service, Tribal or Urban Indian Health Clinics

• Public Health Departments

• Hospital-affiliated primary care practices

• Inpatient behavioral/mental health hospitals

• Outpatient behavioral/mental health clinics

• Solo or group private practices

• Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

• Indian Health Service Hospitals (IHS)

 

Facilities automatically designated as qualifying MIDOCs practice site, no matter where they are located in Michigan:

 

• Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Look-Alikes 

• Indian Health Facilities

• IHS and Tribal Hospitals

• Dual-funded Community Health Centers/Tribal Clinics

• CMS-Certified Rural Health Clinics

• Veteran's Administration Clinics/Hospitals

 

Dates of Service
Your service commitment begins on the date agreed upon by you and your practice site. Your first day of employment must be within 3 months (90 days) of completing residency. Your service commitment is complete when both of the following requirements have been met:
 

1. At least two years have passed since your service start date; and

2. You have completed at least 2,880 qualifying service hours, the equivalent of two full-time service years.

If you have not completed 2,880 qualifying service hours by your two-year anniversary, your service commitment will continue until you reach the required 2,880 hours.
 

 

Service Hours & Activities

You must work full-time, defined as at least 32 hours per week for a minimum of 45 weeks, or 1,440 hours, during each service year. Your work must be within the specialty for which you trained in the MIDOCs residency and take place at a qualifying practice site(s).

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The majority of your work week hours should be spent providing patient care (exception for Preventive Medicine residents). 
For more details, see our Practice Site & Service Requirements document.

 

Note: Your MIDOCs service contract is separate and independent from your employment contract with your MIDOCs-approved practice site.

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