Interdisciplinary Teaching

Our PharmD and Behavioral Health faculty enhance our curriculum by bringing not only a different perspective but also their expertise on how to manage numerous disease states and patient care nuances.

They work in close proximity to residents primarily through frequent collaboration, but residents can also elect for shadowing opportunities. During residency, the time spent with pharmacy and behavioral health expands residents’ abilities to use community resources and evidence-based medicine. Without their involvement, the patient centered medical home model wouldn’t be possible.

Scholarly Activity

• Residents are given dedicated time to focus on their scholarly activity throughout all three years of residency to ensure they meet their ABFM Scholarly Activity requirement. Residents meet regularly with our Director of Scholarly Activity who provides guidance on these projects.
• Residents are given CME time in their 2nd and 3rd years of residency to attend conferences.
• Residents participate in a local CME day that includes presentations from local physicians and gives residents the opportunity to present on their own scholarly activities.

Didactics

• Wednesday afternoons are protected time for workshops/didactics and are often shared with the St. Peter Family Medicine and Summit Pacific Family Medicine residency programs to keep residents connected.
• Once per month, Wednesday afternoon didactics are held with just the Chehalis residents and faculty to focus on topics as requested by residents, including complex case reviews. We recruit our local specialists to help teach these including our psychiatry faculty who supports our Primary Care Psychiatric Consult (PCPC) Clinic.
• In the intern year, hospital rotations include simulation lab and inpatient morning didactics.