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Education is top priority for doctors, medical students
at Community Care Physicians
The doctors of Community
Care Physicians have learned their lessons well. And they know that education doesn’t
stop with a medical school degree but is an ongoing process
to ensure that today’s physicians and medical students
are ready for the health care challenges and opportunities
of tomorrow.
That is why Community Care is host of a lively Medical Education
Dinner Series featuring national health care experts. One
evening each month, the organization invites physicians to
its boardroom at Capital Region Health Park for a dinner,
lecture, and question-and-answer session.
“We’ve been hosting the dinner series for the
past two years,” says Michael O’Connor, operations
manager for Community Care.
Attendance has averaged from 40
to 80 clinicians each month. The
series culminates in November with a Fall Educational Forum
that attracts more than 100 doctors and hundreds of support
staff personnel.
“We have been hosting the Fall Educational Forum for
the past five years, with 10 different seminars set up for
that particular evening,” O’Connor says.
The training
process is not limited to established doctors, however. Community
Care Physicians train the doctors of tomorrow, by teaching
Albany Medical College residents in Radiology, Family Practice,
and Urology.
“The students receive all their classes from Community
Care faculty members, and follow the physicians as they perform
rounds at Albany Medical Center and St. Peter’s Hospital,” says
Dr. Neil Mitnick, Albany’s family practice residency
program director. “Students also accompany doctors
on house calls and to other facilities in Albany.”
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