Sentara Health Expands Residency Program by Doubling Resident Positions
Sentara Health, a leading healthcare provider, is taking significant strides to address the ongoing issue of physician shortages. The organisation is focusing on collaborating with medical schools and academic partners to bolster its workforce.
The senior vice president and chief medical and academic officer of Sentara Health, Michael Hooper, MD, MSc, is spearheading these efforts. Sentara Health is working closely with medical schools to align training facilities, ensuring that the education provided prepares students for the realities of healthcare practice.
One of the key strategies is to double the resident positions at Sentara Health. This increase in resident positions is aimed at addressing the shortage of physicians within the organisation. Sentara Health is also collaborating with Eastern Virginia Medical School and other academic partners to triple the number of residency positions.
These partnerships are not just one-off collaborations. They are ongoing, with regular meetings between Sentara Health executives and their counterparts from the medical schools. The focus of these partnerships is to provide training opportunities for medical students and to ensure alignment in training opportunities with medical schools.
Sentara Health is committed to this cause and is taking further steps to increase its resident positions, as revealed in a video and a HealthLeaders story. The aim is to help address the nationwide physician shortage through this increase in resident positions.
For more information about Sentara Health's efforts to increase resident positions, you can access the video and the HealthLeaders story by clicking the provided links. By working together with academic partners, Sentara Health is making a significant contribution to the healthcare sector and helping to ensure that patients receive the care they need.
