St. Joseph Medical Center, a part of CHI Franciscan Health, serves Tacoma and surrounding areas with the goal of creating healthier communities. In an effort to expand that mission and vision, we received institutional approval from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). ACGME is a private, non-profit organization that evaluates and accredits graduate medical education (GME) programs. With this approval, St. Joseph Medical Center plans to launch a general surgery residency program the summer of 2019.
This five-year residency program will be an opportunity to improve our community’s access to care while cultivating the next generation of talented surgeons. During this robust program, residents will work closely with attending surgeons, gaining early and progressively more advanced operative exposure throughout the residency experience. We engage the residents in a planned curriculum delivered via lectures and conferences, simulation, online course materials, at bedside and in the operating room during structured rotations.
Educational opportunities in surgery
In addition to broad general surgery experience, residents will receive a comprehensive and dynamic medical education with exposure to a vast range of surgical subspecialties, including:
