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The core faculty of the Internal Medicine residency at Baptist North Mississippi recently attended a weekend strategic retreat in Cleveland, MS, on March 24-25, 2023. 

With the third class of resident physicians bound for Oxford in the summer of 2023 and the completion of the ACGME accreditation site review, the initial startup phase is coming to a close and leaders are looking ahead to guide and pave the way for future growth. Program Director Seger S. Morris, DO, delivered a state of the program review, after which the group identified unique strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats surrounding the initiative.  

They also laid the framework to build a strategic house for Graduate Medical Education at Baptist North Mississippi. A strategic house is comprised of values, pillars, and mission that drive the team’s overall purpose. The pillars represent the specific initiatives identified to help achieve, or uphold, the overall objective. The foundation of the strategic house is built upon shared core beliefs. 

In addition to planning for the future, the team enjoyed time together with their spouses taking in the sights and sounds of the Mississippi Delta. During the meetings, a group of spouses traveled to McCartys pottery and received a private tour of the grounds and facilities. On Friday evening, a dinner was hosted at Backdraft restaurant in historic downtown Cleveland. The next morning, the team gathered for breakfast at the Farmhouse Table before touring the Grammy Museum. 

The event served as both a focused time to look ahead, and to celebrate how far medical education has come in Oxford, MS, in the last few years.