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 with residents in close proximity through shadowing opportunities
and frequent collaboration. During residency, the time spent with pharmacy
and behavioral health expands residents’ ability to use community
resources, evidence based medicine, and scholarly activity. 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 to provide 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 activity.
Didactics & Teaching
- Wednesday afternoons are protected time for workshops and didactics and
are shared with the St Peter Family Medicine & Summit Pacific Residency
to keep residents connected with their fellow residents.
- Once per month, Wednesday afternoon didactics are held with just the Chehalis
residents and faculty to have focused topics as requested by residents,
including complex case review of patients. 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.
