Family Medicine Dayton Initiative Launched

OAFP member Dr. Ted Wymyslo will lead development of Family Medicine Dayton, a community-based program designed to bring together all family medicine education resources in the Dayton, Ohio, area into a collaborative that will utilize the principles of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) in medical student and resident education as well as on-site patient care delivery.

Announcement of the initiative was released on Oct. 16 by Premier Health Partners (Miami Valley Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Atrium Medical Center and Upper Valley Medical Center, Dayton) and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton. Effective Saturday, Nov. 1, this endeavor is supported by a two-year seed grant through Miami Valley Hospital.
 
The goal of Family Medicine Dayton is to develop a new primary care practice model in Dayton addressing the current and future healthcare needs of our population. The model is based on the PCMH concept in patient care. PCMH is a key component of healthcare reform that relies on patient access, education and prevention, enabled by advances in technology (the electronic medical record) and appropriate reimbursement for the primary care physician’s time coordinating care.

As development project director, Dr. Wymyslo will seek support from local professional and business organizations, as well as state and federal grants to achieve these goals in Dayton. This ambitious project will revitalize the practice of family medicine, including the education of medical students, residents and local area physicians, in the Dayton community.
 
The first step in this initiative is the combining of the Dayton Community Family Medicine Residency Program and the Miami Valley Hospital Family Practice Residency Program into a single entity, thereby bringing all family medicine education functions in the community under the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine educational umbrella. The name Dayton Community Family Medicine Residency Program will be continued, as it appropriately describes the location (Dayton) and focus (community) of this new residency. For the immediate future, the combined program will be structured as a single program with two residency training sites, the Miami Valley Hospital Berry Family Health Center and the Good Samaritan Family Health Center.
 
Dr. Teresa Zryd has been named program director of the new Dayton Community Family Medicine Residency Program. She will strategically redesign the residency training component of Family Medicine Dayton in a state-of-the-art training environment.
 
“This is great news for our community, as we attempt to transform how family medicine is taught and practiced in the region,” Dr. Wymyslo stated. “I look forward to the challenge of working with others who share our interest to create meaningful improvement in healthcare delivery and medical education.”

Congratulations to Drs. Wymyslo and Zryd!