MUA/P Interest Group Session: Starting a GME Program in Rural and/or Underserved Areas - COMPLETE

Start Date:10/15/2024

Start Time:1:00 PM CDT

DURATION:60 minutes

DESCRIPTION:During the October 2024 MUA/P Interest Group Session, Dr. Tom Gearan, Associate DIO at MaineHealth will present “Starting a GME Program in Rural and/or Underserved Areas.” Following the presentation, participants will engage in large group discussion. This call is part of a series of one-hour Zoom calls that are held monthly and are open to the entire GME community. The aim of these interest group sessions is for the community to learn about efforts in GME and MUA/P, to solve for common challenges, and to share helpful knowledge and resources. During these calls, institutional and program GME leaders will connect with their peers through breakout groups or discussion and will have an interface with the ACGME to build information and knowledge on various topics of relevance to the GME community.

Speakers

Tom Gearan, MD, FACP

Associate DIO

MaineHealth

Thomas Gearan, MD, FACP currently serves as Associate DIO at MaineHealth and Chair of the ACGME Medically Underserved Areas and Populations Advisory Group. In his previous role as program director of the internal medicine residency program at Maine Medical Center, he developed the Rural Internal Medicine Maine (RIMM) Track, a first-of-its-kind rural GME track for internal medicine. He currently serves as Site Director for the Maine Rural GME (MERGE) Collaborative and Project Director for MaineHealth’s HRSA Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) grant. He received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed his internship, residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Boston Medical Center. He is Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

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