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Project Name: Affordable Care Act Teaching Health Center (THC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) Payment Program (T91)
Applicant Title: SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
Abstract Text: PROJECT ABSTRACT Training Program Name: Shasta Community Health Center Family Medicine Residency Program Training Discipline: Family Medicine Applicant: Shasta Community Health Center; Address: 1035 Placer Street, Redding, CA 96001 Eligible Entity type: Federally Qualified Heath Center, operating an AGCME accredited primary care residency program center as part of a GME consortium. Program began training residents: 2013; Website: www.shastahealth.org Type of application: continuation funding Number of FTEs Requested to be Funded All Years of Training: 6(2-2-2) Number of FTEs Requested for AY 2024-2025: 2(2-0-0) Project Director: Debra Lupeika, MD Program Director: Debra Lupeika, MD, Program Director, C. Dean Germano, MHS, CEO Phone: SCHC Family Medicine Residency xxx-xxx-xxxx, SCHC: xxx-xxx-xxxx Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Shasta Community Health Center (SCHC) is the sponsoring institution of the SCHC Family Medicine Residency Program which is a 4-4-4 THCGME. In 2013 our program started as a 2-2-2 with expansion granted by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to a 3-3-3 in 2018 and another expansion to 4-4-4 in 2022. Our program is a three-year program where PGY1 residents spend a significant amount of time in the inpatient setting at Mercy Medical Center, Redding (another established family medicine residency and our hospital partner), and then increase their time training at SCHC in PGY2 and PGY3. SCHC provides a robust learning environment for residents, with a focus on continuity care for high-risk, low income, underserved and marginalized patients. We are in rural northeastern California, serving patients in Redding and the surrounding area of Shasta County as the safety-net clinic. Information specific to SCHC from the 2022 Uniform Data Systems (UDS) report indicates that 44.52% of our patients live at or below the 100% poverty level, while an additional 36.25% fall between 101% and 200% of the poverty line. In terms of our payer mix, 67.70% of our patients are covered by Medi-Cal, 18.02% are enrolled in Medicare, 13.1% have Medi/Medi coverage, and 5.88% are uninsured. When examining the racial and ethnic composition of our patient population, we find that it closely mirrors the county's overall demographic distribution. The majority of our patients (84.95%) identify as White, followed by 9.45% Hispanic. Other racial groups, including Asian (5.04%), Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (0.55%), African American (3.18%), and Native American (2.37%), as well as individuals of more than one race (0.002%), constitute smaller proportions of our patient base. Partnerships with acute care training facilities and a hospital-based family medicine residency provide the necessary inpatient and outpatient training to meet the standards of the ACGME. Significant opportunities for training with special populations of SCHC are in place for a unique primary care training experience. Training opportunities include local women’s shelter, rescue homeless mission, HOPE (mobile clinic serving Healthcare for our local Homeless population), SCHC Maternity Center, and Early Intervention Services to serve those with HIV/AIDS. Our residents rotate at the UC Davis Medical Center in the pediatric emergency room. We have an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course and point of care ultrasound (POCUS) training. To address the opioid crisis and addiction all residents receive Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT), as well as experience in our MAT clinic to prescribe buprenorphine. To address resident wellness, we expanded our Wellness Program to include regular events, training in peer support, and individual annual meetings with our psychologist. We are requesting funding for 6(2-2-2) FTE positions during the entire grant period; and 2(2-0-0) FTE positions requested to be funded for AY 2024-2025.