In a big milestone for healthcare in Palm Seaside County, the Well being Care District’s instructing hospital, Lakeside Medical Heart, not too long ago celebrated the commencement of 5 new physicians. This marks the twelfth class of household drugs residents who’ve accomplished their rigorous three-year coaching program, with the primary yr coinciding with the Delta wave of the COVID-19 pandemic within the underserved, rural Glades communities.
“From day one, this resident class hit the bottom working, offering skillful care to sufferers hospitalized for COVID and different acute situations,” remarked Dr. Belma Andric, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Well being Care District of Palm Seaside County, throughout the commencement ceremony on June twenty seventh. “Every resident confronted challenges, but they persevered, profoundly impacting their sufferers and colleagues.”
The graduating class consists of Dr. Reny Cherian, Dr. Katherine Wang, Dr. Kevin Nyabera, Dr. Daphne Metellus, and Dr. Milhenka Auguste. Their complete coaching lined a variety of medical disciplines together with emergency drugs, crucial care, ladies’s well being, psychiatry, common surgical procedure, and extra. Additionally they handled sufferers on the Well being Care District’s Neighborhood Well being Heart in Belle Glade, which shares area with the hospital.
One of many program’s objectives is to domesticate physicians to observe regionally. According to this, Dr. Cherian, Dr. Wang, Dr. Metellus, and Dr. Auguste plan to proceed their careers in Palm Seaside County.
“From the beginning, we started throughout the top of COVID,” mentioned Dr. Wang, co-chief resident, who plans to observe at HCA Florida JFK Most important Hospital. “We relied on the power of our personal seniors, attendings, nurses, and medical assistants, they usually did it with such poise. I realized essentially the most about compassion and the lifetime influence such medical selections could make on somebody’s family members and relations.”
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Dr. Metellus, one other co-chief resident, mirrored on their speedy adaptation to their roles: “I used to be stunned by how shortly we tailored to being medical doctors, placing in orders on sufferers, really managing our sufferers as our personal, and the way shut we grew to become as a category and as a residency program total. Everybody mentioned the three years would fly by, however I didn’t imagine it. And now right here we’re at this level.”
Offering complete well being care
Household drugs is a medical specialty dedicated to complete well being look after folks of all ages. All through their residency coaching, these physicians have offered entry to a spread of high quality providers for sufferers with advanced medical situations and restricted sources.
“The Class of 2024, our graduates, are very particular to the residency program; they’re resilient and dynamic,” mentioned keynote speaker Dr. Darnel Dabu, who has educated the residents as a household drugs college doctor and supplier on the Neighborhood Well being Heart in Belle Glade. “It’s wonderful to see them repeatedly advancing by means of the years, well-prepared, and prepared for fulfillment. It requires a giant coronary heart to work in well being care.”
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Supported by a grant from the Florida Company for Well being Care Administration, the Household Drugs Residency Program hosts 15 residents and companions with Nova Southeastern College and the Florida Division of Well being for Palm Seaside County. A spotlight of the commencement ceremony was the coating ceremony, the place the graduates welcomed this system’s 5 incoming residents.
“Congratulations to our 5 graduates,” mentioned Dr. Jennifer Dorcé-Medard, Household Drugs Program Director, Designated Institutional Official, and Affiliate Chief Medical Officer at Lakeside Medical Heart. “These physicians are totally outfitted to ship excellent and compassionate affected person care. I thank everybody who contributed to their coaching and the Glades group for putting their belief in us.”
The residency program, accredited in 2020 by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Training (ACGME), ensures it meets the standard requirements essential to organize its graduates for specialty or subspecialty practices.
