The Hood River Rural Residency has a very well developed didactic and scholarly
set of offerings for our residents, faculty and community physicians.
The sessions are in Hood River and have pivoted to small groups to maintain
social distancing during Covid and virtual platforms such as Zoom and
Microsoft Teams. The enthusiasm for teaching and learning has not been
dampened by the pandemic and we are fortunate that our residents and local
physicians contribute to each other’s education. We have several
weekly teaching sessions that are complemented by an independent study
resource and modules.
The Didactic and Educational seminars held in both Hood River are organized
weekly in the following format:
Monday sessions – weekly lunchtime interactive patient centered and case-based discussions
with our primary care and specialty colleagues.
Rotating Tuesdays lunch time conferences rotate weekly through a carousel of Hospital Based
CME and Case Presentation, Ethics Case Conferences, Behavioral Health
Collaborative Patient Care Conferences with our Mental Health Agency Center
for Living, Community Advocacy Collaborative with our Health and Active
Hood River County Coalition, Hospital Medical Staff Meetings.
Point of Care Ultrasound Twice monthly ultrasound training sessions that follows the Global Ultrasound Institute's Fellowship curriculum that cover topics such
as FAST, Cardiology, OB, MSK, Renal, Skin & Soft Tissue, Procedures.
Wednesday Afternoons: The second and 4th Wednesday afternoons are blocked for resident education, wellness and
advising sessions. These sessions include time for Journal Club, QI projects,
Wellness activities and Practice Management sessions, and collaboration
with the Milwaukie program for simulation trainings.
Thursday conferences at One Community Health are sessions that are interdisciplinary and promote
teamwork and improving our knowledge base and workflow. Residents, Faculty,
Nurses, Dentists and staff members participate and teach during these sessions.
