NCH Newsletter 10-21-20

October 2020 | Issue 1

GME

Graduate Medical Education | NHC Healthcare System

INTRODUCING GME + NCH:
OUR NEWSLETTER
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (GME) was
Dr. Hermes Koop, MD
Designated Institutional Official (DIO) brought to the NCH Healthcare System with two main goals in
mind. First, to raise the overall quality of care that teaching and
WELCOME to the first newsletter education provides to an institution. Second, to train and
hopefully retain those high-quality physicians in our communities.
designed to inform and update our
community on the growth and A lot is happening with GME at NCH and we want to let you know!
developments in Graduate Medical
Education (GME) at the NCH • On June 13, 2020 we graduated the first class of 12 residents
Healthcare System. It was six years
ago, in October 2014, that NCH who completed our 3-year Internal Medicine categorical
officially formed a steering committee residency program. Four residents entered fellowships, four
to begin the process of establishing are hospitalists, two are primary care physicians and two are
graduate medical education and current chief residents in our program.
academic medicine at NCH. The
growth and impact to the culture of • Starting July 1, 2021 the Internal Medicine residency program
our institutions has been significant.
The success has been achieved with will expand to 16 residents per year. With this expansion we
the strong support of the NCH will begin a resident ward team at NCH North Naples Hospital
leadership team including Mr. Phil and we also hope to begin an outpatient resident continuity
Dutcher, Dr. Kristen Mascotti, Mr. clinic in that area.
Paul Hiltz, Mr. Scott Lutgert and the
entire NCH Board of Trustees. There • A Transitional Year residency program will begin on July 1,
is great opportunity for everyone in
our area to benefit from the 2021 when we welcome 6 residents to begin the one-year
programs and learning environment training program. These are residents who will then go onto
that GME creates in our institutions. the "ADNOR” programs (Anesthesiology, Dermatology,
Through this newsletter we want to Neurology, Ophthalmology and Radiology).
inform the community about the
opportunities and the successes of • This summer the GME department at NCH renewed its
GME at NCH.
affiliation with the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and
Science. This relationship has been extremely beneficial for
our programs especially in terms of curriculum development,
accreditation, operational guidance, policies and procedures
and knowledge sharing.

• We are affiliated with the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

and with the University of Central Florida College of Medicine
and will be regularly training their medical students in our
system.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

• Our residencies are fully accredited by Please see the NCH website and social media for
much information about the details of our programs.
the ACGME. Earlier this year we
successfully completed our first CLER • Approximately 70 NCH-affiliated physicians are
visit by the ACGME. The CLER (Clinical
Learning Environment Review) currently teaching residents and medical students
program was established to provide in our system.
feedback to hospital executive and
GME leadership about the clinical • We have exciting developments in the areas of
learning environment in the
institution, focusing on 6 areas: Research and Simulation. Please see the additional
Patient safety, sections in this newsletter regarding the latest
information in these areas.
• healthcare quality, care transitions/teaming,

supervision, wellbeing and professionalism.

• Our Grand Rounds every Thursday morning from

7:30 AM to 8:30 AM present a wide range of
medical topics by leading experts. Everyone is
invited, live or by WebEx, and continuing education
credits are offered.

• This fall we will be conducting all applicant

interviews, for our residency programs, virtually.

THE BOARD RESULTS ARE IN:

CONGRATULATIONS, WELL DONE!

CLASS OF 100% PASS RATE

2020 Teng Hui, MD – Passed board exam
Eric Micallef, MD – Passed board exam
RESULTS Lesly Silva, MD – Passed board exam
Julia Skettini, DO– Passed board exam
Jared Schprechman, MD – Passed board exam

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Academic Internal AIM CLINIC AIMS TO DELIVER
Medicine Clinic OUTSTANDING CARE

Medical Plaza Building The Academic Internal Medicine Clinic celebrated its fourth anniversary
311 9th St N #100 this past July. Our clinic is a traditional primary care clinic. We see
Naples, FL 34102 patients for routine physicals, urgent care visits, hospital follow ups and
management of chronic conditions. The clinic is primarily staffed by our
PHONE: resident physicians with supervision by board-certified NPG Internal
(239) 624-0940 Medicine attendings. Every patient is seen by both a resident and an
attending physician with the goal of providing comprehensive,
HOURS: compassionate, and evidence-based care. We are fortunate to have a
Monday - Friday talented and varied group of attending physicians who supervise in our
8:30am to 4:30pm clinic including Dr. James Bernene (board-certified in Endocrinology &
Internal Medicine), Dr. Greg Rubin (board certified in Sports medicine &
Internal Medicine) and Dr. Mark Speake (board-certified in Internal
Medicine & Pediatrics). Nearly 93% of patients surveyed in our clinic said
that they felt the provider listened and 90% felt they got enough
information regarding their treatment plan. Nationally, the average for
these metrics is only 81.7% and 75.5% respectively.

We are accepting new patients and offer same day or next day
appointments if needed. We are also able to accommodate urgent care
visits for NCH employees. We are located in Suite #300 in the Medical
Plaza Building. Our office phone number is (239) 624-0940. We hope to
see you soon!

Graduate Medical Education Program

311 9th Street North, Suite 201 | Naples, FL 34102
nchmd.org/home/education/gme