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Adena ED to launch Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Residency

June 10, 2010

For the recruiting department, the limited supply of Emergency Medicine physicians has meant consistently utilizing a variety of resources, as well as continually investigating trends and potential new sources.

Although Osteopathic Emergency Medicine is certainly not new, the recruiting team has been delighted to see significant growth both in the specialty and in resources that have led to increased hires.

Although we have long seen a small number of osteopathic Emergency Medicine residencies—as well as osteopathic physicians completing allopathic residencies—graduate medical education in osteopathy has been largely dominated by the primary care specialties. In recent years, graduate training in Osteopathic Emergency Medicine has grown significantly, and EM is now one of the fastest growing specialties in Osteopathic Medicine. Today, the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians participates in the accreditation of over 40 Emergency Medicine residency programs, as well as the training of over 800 EM residents each year.In 2009, 31% of the new full-time physicians contracted for Premier were osteopathic physicians. This number is significant, given a U.S. physician ratio of approximately five allopathic physicians to each osteopathic physician. (Premier’s current osteopathic physician population is 22%.)

Kas Oganowski, MD, Director of Physician Services at Premier, attributes this state to several factors, including increased recruiting opportunities within ACOEP, as well as the impact of an Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Program now within a Premier facility.

“We’ve been attending the ACOEP Spring Seminar for approximately 10 years now, and we’ve been successful in both recruiting physicians and building positive awareness for Premier and our model,” says Dr. Oganowski. “We’ve also signed residents from the CAMC program for 2010, 2011, and even 2012.”

Senior Recruiter Kim Rooney agrees, “Last year we added the ACOEP Scientific Seminar to our fall recruiting activities and were very successful. We had over 60 residents attend the dinner we hosted and generated several leads as well. We’re looking forward to attending this October and will again be hosting the residency dinner.”

Kim recently returned from the 2010 ACOEP Spring Seminar where she represented our group along with Residency Relations Director, John Lyman, MD, and Regional Medical Director Lisa Ward, DO. Kim says, “We spoke with several good candidates and generated leads for Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, and South Carolina, as well as a potential director lead for the upcoming Osteopathic Emergency Medicine program at Adena Regional Medical Center.”

The anticipated Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Adena Regional Medical Center is slated to begin July, 2011 and has generated significant enthusiasm.

Adena Regional Medical Center Emergency Department Medical Director, Kevin Doherty, DO, has been instrumental in the planning process since its inception. “The EM residency along with a Family Medicine residency will be the first post graduate programs at Adena,” explains Dr. Doherty. The program will be affiliated with Ohio University and will have four spots per year.

“We have already recruited the core faculty and just need to find the right program director,” explains Dr. Doherty. “Each of the core faculty members has certain strengths and will bring their different skills to create a very strong program.” He is also enthused about recent advancements at ARMC in areas such as a program for early MI detection that contribute to an excellent environment for graduate medical education.

Dr. Doherty believes the program will also be a positive factor for Premier Health Care Services, and Dr. Oganowski agrees with this assessment. “The CAMC program has made a great contribution to our recruitment in West Virginia, and we’re very excited about a similar impact in Ohio from the upcoming program at Adena,” he notes.

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