GME Update

Additional family medicine residency slots granted

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the distribution of the first 200 slots that were created as part of the Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). HonorHealth’s Family Medicine Residency Program was granted an additional two slots that will be effective July 1, 2023. In a statement, CMS noted that 100 teaching hospitals in 30 states, received awards in this years’ distribution.  

Library Services

The results of the 2022 HonorHealth library survey are in – please let us know how our librarians can assist you! Reach out to: [email protected] or via the HonorHealth library website.

How HonorHealth Library Services is used:

• 97% said Library Services saved them time
• 85% had used Library Services for research, EBP or QI/process improvement projects
• 80% said information provided by Library Services provided new knowledge
• 72% said information provided evidence supporting best practice/guiding practice change
• 52% had used Library Services for routine patient care
• 36% had used Library Services for staff education
• 18% had used Library Services for patient education
• 20% had used Library Services for urgent or rush patient care
• 15% said utilizing the information provided avoided adverse event/critical incident

Continuing Medical Education  

HonorHealth Continuing Medical Education is committed to offering quality education to physicians and healthcare professionals. To achieve this goal, HonorHealth’s CME department collaborates with our service lines to provide programs designed to keep learners abreast of the latest developments in medicine, and engage learners in interactive sessions that contribute to improved research and practice in the science, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness and disease.

Looking for an HonorHealth CME class to fit your schedule? Please view our new CME Course Calendar. Questions? Please contact [email protected]

Research, quality improvement and patient safety

HonorHealth is committed to advancing research, quality improvement (QI) and patient safety (PS) as an important aspect of resident education and faculty/preceptor development. The ResQIPS Program is aimed at supporting scholarship for the HonorHealth residents and faculty.

Looking for a new scholarly activity? Consider being the Chair of the ResQIPS Committee. For more information contact Catherine Wagner, EdD, ResQIPS manager at [email protected].  

 The Reed Family Visiting Scholar Program

 The Reed Family Visiting Scholar Program was first developed to provide the Internal Medicine faculty and residents with exposure to notable scholars in medicine. Since its inception, it has expanded to all HonorHealth GME programs.

For more information, contact: ResQIPS.

Reed Visiting Scholars (2023)