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Construction and planning underway to prepare for first resident physicians’ arrival
As the calendar draws ever closer to July 1, projects to prepare for the inaugural class of resident physicians in Oxford continue to move full speed ahead.
Construction will begin any day on the first phase of the Graduate Medical Education space, the bulk of which is the buildout of classroom space. The installation of room dividers allows for division of the room into separate meeting areas or for the accommodation of a crowd of over 70 people in one open area. The rooms offer state-of-the-art audiovisual capabilities, providing flexibility to accommodate the varying needs of the daily function of a growing Graduate Medical Education program.
Computer stations will line the walls of the classroom space and will include documentation capabilities and full EMR access. This design allows for use at any point during a resident physician’s day, but particularly during any meetings and lectures when an urgent patient matter may arise without taking the individual away from the main meeting.
Other amenities to be added this Spring include adding easier access to a conference room from the Medical Education space and installation of private and secure lockers for each resident physician.
Simulation equipment is on order for delivery in the coming weeks. This includes the SimMan 3G Plus patient simulator designed to allow learners to practice critical skills with improved realistic features. As previously referenced, the proximity of the main Simulation Lab to the residency suite allows for spontaneous simulation drills and full technological capabilities. In addition, a full spectrum of equipment to improve proficiency in procedural skills will be readily available to resident physicians and medical students just outside the main meeting space in the Graduate Medical Education Department.
Finally, efforts to integrate the program into existing hospital and medical staff workflows have ramped up with ongoing conversations at the forefront of the minds of leaders across the organization on topics such as nursing education, communication hierarchies, identification of resident physicians on the treatment team in the electronic medical record, and individual technology needs.
With each passing day, another building block drops into place and moves the program closer to the end goal of being fully prepared to welcome the first class to Baptist Memorial Hospital - North Mississippi in a few short months.
