A group of fellows from PNWU’s Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) Master Preceptor Fellowship recently presented their work at HRSA’s fourth annual meeting, titled “Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Training Primary Care Champions.”
“These fellows are working in rural and underserved communities,” explained Caitlin Young, M.Ed., program coordinator for fellowship. “Their research is reflective of their experiences medically serving these communities.”
PNWU’s Master Preceptor Fellowship (MPF) program trains community-based practicing primary care physicians in rural and underserved communities throughout the Northwest to lead sustainable health care transformation, enhance healthcare leadership, and improve healthcare education by developing their competencies in preceptor roles.
“The PNWU Master Preceptor Fellowship team is focused on building up preceptors who want to become more adept at teaching, leadership, and transforming healthcare in their communities,” explained PNWU Associate Dean for Clinical Education Elizabeth McMurtry DO, FACEP, who serves as the principal director and principal investigator of the grant supporting clinicians and preceptors who dedicate time and energy to the fellowship’s year-long curriculum.
Grant co-investigator and PNWU Assistant Dean for Clinical Education Miko Rose, DO, FNAOME, served as the national events keynote speaker, presenting “Brilliant Hope Amidst Uncertainty: A Strengths-Based Approach to Physician Well-Being During a Mental Health Pandemic.”
Dr. Rose has researched and presented on the topic of an osteopathic, strengths-based approach to physician mental health since 2010. She created and taught one of the first and only formal classes on happiness and joy in medical schools in the nation, which has been offered as a for-credit class in two medical schools for the past eight years.
“I have published for this work in JAOA, presented at OMED multiple times, and been a main presenter at the American Medical Association Annual International Conference on Physician Health,” explained Dr. Rose, who’s curriculum has expanded to provide training for peak performance for nationally recognized team coaches, trainers, student athletes, and medical trainees. “Right now, during a physician mental health crisis, the most important audience to bring this work to is our preceptors and primary care providers.”
Additional presenting fellows and topics included:
- Dr. Bismark Fernandez, “Financial Impact of Coaching Healthcare Providers to Maximize Billing”
- Dr. Kanani Dilcher and Dr. Heather Stearman, “Developing POCUS Curriculum for a New Rural Family Medicine Residency Program”
- Dr. Jeff Pryor, “Improving Workflow in Rural Family Medicine Clinic to Track Preventative Screenings”
- Dr. Whitney Fix-Lanes, “Building and Implementing a Quality Improvement Curriculum for a Family Medicine Residency”
Additional information about the fellowship, the grant, and the fellow’s projects is available on the Master Preceptor Fellowship webpage.