Broward Health Medical Center, the county’s first statutory teaching hospital, has been leading the health system’s Graduate Medical Education program for nearly 25 years. As of July 1, Broward Health expanded its residency programs across all four of its hospitals and launched new training programs – general surgery, internal medicine, and emergency medicine at Broward Health North and psychiatry at Broward Health Imperial Point. Residents will continue to rotate in various specialties at Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health Coral Springs.
“Broward Health has long recognized the predicted shortage of primary care and specializing physicians. We have taken proactive steps to help ensure that all those we serve have access to the highest quality physicians, many of whom are groomed through our expanding Graduate Medical Education program,” said Shane Strum, president and CEO of Broward Health. “The incoming residents are key to the future of healthcare, and we are committed to providing world-class training to this accomplished group of physicians.”
According to a study by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States could see a shortage of up to 139,000 physicians by 2033. Broward Health is addressing this significant workforce issue by steadily increasing the number of residency slots year over year. The health system is a conduit for new physicians to train and ultimately practice in the region, mitigating shortages while having a positive economic impact for Broward County.
“The expansion of the Broward Health Graduate Medical Education program signifies the diversification in how our system serves our community as an academic center of excellence in training,” said Patricia Rowe-King, M.D., graduate medical education faculty, pediatrics, Broward Health. “We are preparing our physicians to treat patients with tomorrow’s medicine and training the next generation of caregivers in a diverse patient population, which is paramount in engaging future leaders of health care at an early stage.”
This year, Broward Health welcomed an incoming class of 191 new medical residents who encompass 13 programs, including Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Dermatology, Cardiovascular Disease, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Orthopaedics Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pharmacy Hospitalists, Pharmacy Informatics, Transitional year Residency and Psychiatry.
