{"id":139654,"date":"2024-02-14T12:29:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=139654"},"modified":"2024-02-14T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:25:26","slug":"ucf-hca-add-new-residency-fellowship-firsts-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-hca-add-new-residency-fellowship-firsts-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF-HCA Add New Residency, Fellowship \u2014 Firsts in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"
UCF and HCA Florida Healthcare are starting their first residency program in internal medicine at HCA Florida Ft. Walton-Destin Hospital, and are also adding the consortium\u2019s first gastroenterology (GI) fellowship with the Orlando VA Medical Center and HCA Florida Osceola Hospital.<\/p>\n
The two new programs recently received ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accreditation and are seeking applicants to begin training in July 2024. With the additions, the UCF-HCA Florida Healthcare Graduate Medical Education Consortium has 37 accredited programs from the Florida panhandle to Orlando, making it one of the fastest growing in the state. By July, the consortium will have 600 physicians in training in high-need specialties that include primary care, surgery, OB-GYN, psychiatry, endocrinology, emergency medicine and geriatrics.<\/p>\n
Stephen Cico, UCF\u2019s associate dean for graduate medical education and the consortium\u2019s designated institutional official (DIO), says the programs will help improve patients\u2019 access to care and address the state\u2019s physician shortage.<\/p>\n