Beebe Healthcares R. Randall Rollins Center for Medical Education is proud to announce that its Family Medicine Residency program is one of just 25 across the country that has been selected to participate in a special pilot project facilitated by the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM).

The project is designed to elevate the importance of competency-based medical education while integrating a more individualized and personalized approach to learning for medical residents.

There is so much benefit in developing individualized learning plans for our residents, with consideration for each persons special needs, strengths, and goals, said Joyce Robert, MD, FAAFP, Program Director. We are incredibly excited to be part of this project and to have the opportunity to lead the way and set an example for other residency programs to follow.

In addition to implementing new hands-on approaches in the clinical training environment, the STFM program will put new technologies in the hands of residency program leaders, who will be spending more time on direct observation as they are working with clinical residents. The goal is to allow for real-time assessments in medical training environments. Additionally, the program promotes the importance of communication, teamwork, and leadership from a professional development standpoint, and work/life balance and wellness on a personal level.

This project encourages us to look at what we are doing through a different lens and take a more holistic approach as we grow our people, and therefore our program, said Dr. Robert. Its a chance to be at the forefront of positive change and we are excited to be part of it.

Beebes Family Medicine Residency program welcomed it inaugural cohort of residents in summer 2023, and recently announced the second group of residents, who will come onboard this July. The program is led by Dr. Robert and Miri Shlomi, MD, Associate Program Director, both of whom will participate in a series of conferences sponsored by STFM, as Beebe adopts and implements its competency based medical education curriculum. They and their colleagues will have opportunities in the future to share their experiences and learned best practices through their activism in the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians (DAFP).

Recently, Dr. Robert was inducted as DAFPs President-Elect and Ryan Arias, DO, primary care physician and faculty member within Beebes Family Medicine Residency program, was named DAFP Teacher of the Year.

We have come a long way in a short period of time, said Dr. Robert. So many wonderful things are happening because our team is made up of a group of people who are passionate about the work, dedicated to doing things the right way, and committed to growing in a way that positions Beebe as a premier place to come for family medicine residency training.

Caption: From left to right, Wendi Schirvar, PhD, Ryan Arias, DO, Miri Shlomi, MD, Joyce Robert, MD, Tanya Ray, MS, Jeffrey Hawtof, MD, and Cynthia Lamour, DO.

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