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Resident Physicians Learn Kata Method for Continuous Improvement
Four resident physicians attended a virtual workshop that introduced them to the Kata method of continuous improvement. Led by Skip Steward, Chief Improvement Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, the three-day conference delved into the philosophy that individuals can develop habits and skills to obtain true continuous improvement and maximum efficiency.
Steward’s presentation explains, “A Kata is a routine you practice, so its pattern becomes an automatic habit that gives you some new skills.” Personal habits can be harnessed as powerful tools to influence people’s daily lives and outcomes. The learning sessions also provided techniques and methods the trainees can use to overcome obstacles that may stand in the way of success.
Dr. Garrett Hadley, Dr. Simra Kiran, Dr. Swetha Priyadarshan, and Dr. Sajan Sarker completed the seminar in July. In the coming months, the rest of the first class of resident physicians will have the chance to join a workshop. The goal of introducing all 12 resident physicians to the structure and routine of Kata is to elevate their approach to the quality and improvement initiatives they undertake.
New Baptist Internal Medicine Clinic Will Host Resident Rotations
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As the new Baptist Medical Group - Oxford Internal Medicine clinic nears completion, preparations are being made to welcome its first patients in the coming weeks. In addition to offering a new point of primary care for residents of Lafayette County and the surrounding areas, it will also serve as a continuity clinic where resident physicians will rotate each month. The structure of the Internal Medicine residency program’s curriculum places four mouths of Internal Medicine rotations on each resident physicians’ schedule in a 12-month period. During those blocks, four of the trainees will alternate seven days on the hospital inpatient service and five days in the clinic. This allows many hospitalized patients to schedule a follow-up appointment with the same resident physician who cared for them in the hospital within 7 days of their discharge. If a patient sees another health care professional for their primary care needs, a follow-up visit to the Baptist clinic will not be intended to transition care from their current PCP. The appointments will be aimed at following up on medications, checking in on the patient’s progress since their hospital stay, and addressing any issues that have arisen in addition to a follow-up with their regular primary care physician. Just as any hospitalization record is available to a patient’s primary care physician, they can also view details from these clinic visits so that the patient’s full scope of treatment and care plan is clearly communicated. The clinic is located at 81 Ed Perry Boulevard in the Oxford Commons development in northeast Oxford. Just off Sisk Avenue, the clinic is at the end of a retail center that includes Pizzashop and Common Ground Coffee Bar, just in front of the Malco movie theater and Premier Lanes entertainment complex.
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Transformed Graduate Medical Education Space Almost Ready to be Unveiled
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Construction on the new home of Graduate Medical Education at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi continues to shape up quickly. Located on the third floor of the Medical Plaza One building, which is attached to the main hospital, the new space includes a lecture hall, simulation area, offices, and conference room. The design is meant to provide an optimum training experience and enhance productivity in the trainees’ busy schedules, all in a comfortable environment. The existing space underwent rapid transformation from an open and empty area. An entry hall was created that leads into the department, with doorways added for access to the lecture hall from three directions, as well as the addition of a second doorway into an existing conference room directly from the GME area. In the coming weeks, the finishing touches are expected to be completed, including installation of accordion-style walls. These dividers can be left open to create a large open meeting area that can accommodate approximately 70 people, or they can be separated into three rooms where meetings can be conducted concurrently. The final phase of this first buildout will be the addition of state-of-the-art audiovisual capabilities and is slated to coincide with the end of the construction in late May. In just a few short weeks, program leaders look forward to hosting resident physician orientation, a physician leadership lunch and learn event, and the everyday activities that surround Graduate Medical Education.
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Progress on the lecture hall space (shown in March on left and in May on right) includes the addition of walls and additional access points to various areas of the Graduate Medical Education department at BMH-NM
Program Evaluation Committee Provides Guidance to Internal Medicine Residency
The Program Evaluation Committee for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi holds a broad range of responsibilities and meets monthly to provide guidance to the burgeoning program.
PEC members include:
- Seger Morris, DO – Program Director
- Jacob Whelan, MD – Associate Program Director
- Sumner Abraham, MD – Core Faculty
- David Duddleston, MD – Core Faculty
- Paul Levy, MD – Chief Medical Officer, BMH-NM
- Justin May, DO – Chairman, BMH-NM Department of Medicine
- Anne Sullivan, MD – Designated Institutional Official, Baptist Memorial Medical Education
- Bill Henning – CEO / Administrator, BMH-NM
- Sonia McKeithen - Assistant Administrator, BMH-NM
- Emery Newsom – Program Manager
- Once they begin their training, a resident physician will also sit on the committee.
The PEC’s responsibilities are:
- Acting as an adviser to the Program Director through program oversight
- Reviewing progress toward meeting the program’s self-determined goals
- Guiding ongoing program improvement, including the development of new goals, based upon outcomes
- Reviewing the current operating environment to identify strengths, challenges, opportunities, and threats as related to the program’s mission and aims
The PEC considers various elements in its assessments, including curriculum and quality and safety of patient care. As the program matures, the committee will also consider outcomes from prior Annual Program Evaluation(s), any notifications from the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), as well as faculty evaluations, professional development, and well-being. The group’s focus on resident physicians will include well0being, recruitment and retention, workforce diversity, surveys and evaluations, achievement of the ACGME Internal Medicine Milestones, and much more.
Get to Know the Inaugural Class of Resident Physicians at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi
We are pleased to announce the inaugural class of Internal Medicine Resident Physicians at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi. These resident physicians will complete a three-year residency training program, the mission of which is to train clinically and procedurally competent physicians in the specialty of Internal Medicine who will provide high quality, safe, cost-effective, and patient/family-centered care for adults in North Mississippi, upholding the greater Baptist Memorial Health Care mission of "Healing, Preaching and Teaching.”
The twelve incoming clinicians each meet the program’s mission in their own unique way and already hold impressive accomplishments in their personal journeys toward careers in medicine.
They matched with BMH-NM in the National Resident Matching Program’s Main Residency Match after a rigorous recruitment, interview, and ranking process that took place from October – February. The program received over 340 applications, and a committee comprised of program leadership and core faculty physicians conducted over 110 interviews to determine a ranked list of trainees to fill the 12 positions. The new resident physicians will begin an orientation process in mid-June this year before starting their clinical rotations on July 1, 2021, and will serve communities in our region for years to come.
Inaugural Class of Internal Medicine Physicians
at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi
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Alexander Crossett, MDHometown: Jackson, TN |
Mahmoud Elshawwaf, MDHometown: Zagazig, Egypt |
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Michael Ghaly, MDHometown: Savannah, GA / Montreal, Canada |
Johnny Green, DO, MBSHometown: Chalmette, LA |
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Garrett Hadley, DOHometown: Shawnee, OK |
Simra Kiran, MD, MSHAHometown: Sheikhupura, Lahore, Pakistan |
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Joseph Kordsmeier, DOHometown: Morrilton, Arkansas |
Shravanti Muthu, MD, MPHHometown: Blue Bell, PA |
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Juvarez Ogbuneke, MD, MBAHometown: Charlotte, NC |
Swetha Priyadarshan, MDHometown: Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
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Sajan Sarker, DOHometown: Carrollton, TX |
Swarna Sarker, DOHometown: Carrollton, TX |
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