Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center has received approval of a new general surgery training program for 10 residents from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). General surgery residents will begin their training at Good Sam in the summer of 2011.
The recent approval of the general surgery residency marks the onset of Samaritan Health Services’ sixth residency program. In the past two years, Good Sam has received approval of residency training programs in
psychiatry,
family practice,
internal medicine,
orthopaedic surgery and a
traditional rotating internship. Now with the approval of the general surgery program, the residency programs will have approval for more than 50 residency positions.
“Our resident training programs, as well as medical student clerkships, are working firsthand to address the physician shortage in the mid-Willamette Valley and nationwide,” said Dr. Alissa Craft, director of medical education at Samaritan Health Services. “Studies show that approximately two-thirds of residents remain in the community where they completed their residency. Over the next five years, we will see the Samaritan residency programs provide high-quality, well trained physicians for our communities.”