Teaching Health Center (THC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) Payment Program - Project Title: Teaching Health Center at Community of Hope: Caring for Families, Improving Lives, Leading Change. Address: MedStar Health, 10980 Grantchester Way, 7th Floor, Columbia, MD 21044. Project Director Name: Jamie Hill-Daniel, MD Contact Phone Numbers (Voice, Fax): 301-699-7700 (voice), 301-699-7700 (fax) Email Address: jamie.l.hill-daniel@gunet.georgetown.edu Grant program funds requested: $2,880,000 (HRSA-25-077) Funding Preference: Priority 1 Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA); Priority 2: Medically Underserved Community Description of proposed project: THC-COH is proposing 2 THCGME slots per year training in ward 8, Washington DC, which demonstrates significant unmet health needs, gaps in workforce diversity and capacity. Learner training addressed at THC-COH needs are primary care, dental, emotional wellness, care coordination, and pharmacy services. 1. Name of Program: MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program, MedStar Health Graduate Medical Education Consortium 2. Discipline: Family Medicine 3. Type of Application: New 4. Eligible Entity Type: MedStar Health GME Consortium Type and Name of Community-Based Ambulatory Patient Care Center: Federally Qualified Health Center Community of Hope, HPSA 21 Residency Program Operated By: MedStar Graduate Medical Education Consortium 5. Year Program First Began Training Residents: 1978 6. Organization Website Address: https://www.medstarhealth.org/education/residency-programs/family-medicine-in-washington-dc 7. Overview of Residency Program: The residency program, MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program, ACGME Program 1201021080, is a part of the MedStar Health GME Consortium, which includes 1,100 residents. The residency program is "Committed to Caring for the Underserved" with community partnerships and training experiences intended to produce graduates committed to working in underserved communities. 75% of graduates remain in the area and a large proportion continue to work in urban underserved sites. The main primary care training location for the existing non-THCGME residents is MedStar Medical Group Family Medicine at Fort Lincoln, HPSA 17 (MUC), including more than 70% African American patients and 15% Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Speaking patients. 8. Total resident FTE positions requested to be funded under this program for all postgraduate years of training: 6 (2-2-2) resident FTE above the baseline resident FTEs trained by the program in the prior AY 2024-2025. 9. Resident FTE positions requested to be funded under this program for the first AY of funding: 2 (2-0-0) for AY 2025-2026. 10. Rotation Sites: FQHC Community of Hope is the main ambulatory patient care training site for THCGME residents. For non-THCGME residents, MedStar Medical Group Family Medicine at Fort Lincoln is the main ambulatory patient care training site. Other ambulatory sites for specific experiences include Unity Health Care, MedStar Southern Maryland Medical Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Residents within the applicant residency program will not perform rotations at a hospital rotation site(s) that has not provided resident training in any prior AY.
