Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - delaware valley community health (DVCH) is seeking thcgme support to fund residents in its new acgme-accredited family…

Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program - delaware valley community health (DVCH) is seeking thcgme support to fund residents in its new acgme-accredited family medicine residency program (FMRP) in philadelphia. DVCH received a 2021-23 teaching health center planning and development (THCPD) award and with that support, achieved acgme institutional accreditation in october 2022 and family medicine program accreditation in may 2023. Delaware valley community health, INC. Achieved sponsoring institution acgme accreditation its FMRP for up to 18 residents (six per PGY class) effective 7/1/2022. The FMRP started july 2024 with 4 residents per class, so this application is for funding for its 4-4-4 FMRP under hrsa-25-091 to support the residents that started in july for academic year 2024-2025. DVCH is a federally qualified health center that provides primary care, OB/GYN, oral health, and behavioral health services through nine sites. The FMRP will be based out of our maria DE LOS santos center and the fairmount primary care center sites and residents will spend time rotating through all our outpatient practices during their training. In addition, the residents will perform their inpatient rotations at jefferson einstein hospital philadelphia, a tertiary-care teaching hospital, and at cooper regional children's hospital, in nearby camden, new jersey. The residents will also have rotations in a number of outpatient private practices. They will have extensive didactic training and both training and experience to develop cultural competence. The DVCH FMRP will serve underserved areas of philadelphia, pennsylvania that are largely minority and low income. Over 90% of the almost 50,000 patients served annually by DVCH are hispanic or black, over 80% are covered by medicaid or are uninsured, and almost half are best served in a language other than english, mostly spanish. 8. Total resident FTE positions requested DVCH is applying for hrsa-25-091. DVCH had 0 residents in the baseline academic year of 2023-2024 and is requesting its 4-4-4 residency to be funded beginning in AY 2024-2025 through AY 2028-2029, that is, 4 in the current AY 2024-25, 8 in 2025-26, 12 in 2026-27, 12 in 2027-28, and 12 in 2028-29. 9. Resident FTE positions requested to be funded for first AY of funding DVCH is requesting to be funded for 4-0-0 residents in AY 2024-2025. 10. All of the hospitals where DVCH residents within the applicant residency program will perform rotations have provided resident training previously.