Naval Hospital Jacksonville graduates family medicine physicians

Photo By Yan Kennon | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 28, 2019) – Capt. Matthew Case, Naval Hospital Jacksonville commander and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville commanding officer, speaks at the Family Medicine Residency Program graduation on June 28. The hospital’s program, now in its 48th year, graduated 23 physicians (13 interns and 10 residents). The graduation also served as a kick-off to the program’s new academic year, which begins July 1 with 47 residents and interns. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. All program participants are physicians who have completed medical school. (U.S. Navy photo by Yan Kennon, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released).  

JACKSONVILLE, FL, UNITED STATES

06.28.2019

Story by Yan Kennon 

Naval Hospital Jacksonville

Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s award-winning Family Medicine Residency Program, now in its 48th year of continuous accreditation, graduated 23 physicians (13 interns and 10 residents) at a ceremony June 28 aboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

The graduation also served as a kick-off to the program’s new academic year, which begins July 1 with 47 residents and interns.

All program participants are physicians who have completed medical school. By the end of the first year, each has completed training rotations in primary care and inpatient care, emergency medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, general surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, urology, and dermatology.

To become board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), physicians must be licensed and successfully complete three years of residency training in a program (like NH Jacksonville’s) that’s accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Additionally, physicians must meet all board requirements and pass the ABFM board certification exam.

“This internship and residency is one of the most innovative in Navy Medicine,” said Cmdr. Kristian Sanchack, NH Jacksonville’s medical residency program director. “These young physicians will help keep our sailors and Marines healthy, ready, and on the job.”

Upon completion of the first year of study, some residents choose to go directly into the fleet to serve as general medical officers, flight surgeons, or undersea medical officers. Those who stay continue for two additional years of training in key areas of family medicine such as obstetrics, pediatrics, internal medicine, sports medicine, neurology, mental health, trauma, and intensive care. After completing residency and passing the national ABFM exam, the residents become board certified family medicine physicians, assigned as staff ─ providing care to active duty, retirees, and families across the globe.

NH Jacksonville’s Family Medicine Residency Program earned the top award for scholarly activity in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019 from the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, and 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award and 2011 Family Medicine Clinical Site of the Year Award from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The graduating physicians have consistently earned a 100 percent board certification pass rate.

Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville deliver quality health care, in an integrated system of readiness and health. NH Jacksonville includes five branch health clinics across Florida and Georgia. It serves 163,000 active-duty and retired sailors, Marines, soldiers, airmen, guardsmen, and their families, including about 83,000 patients who are enrolled with a primary care manager. To find out more, visit www.med.navy.mil/sites/navalhospitaljax.

• Date Taken: 06.28.2019
• Date Posted: 06.28.2019 14:45
• Story ID: 329684
• Location: JACKSONVILLE, FL, US