MICA Medical Foundation reinforces obstetrics and gynecology residency training

St. Joseph's Foundation is exceptionally grateful for the MICA Medical Foundation generosity to fund the education for residents training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Joseph's Hospital.
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Program is based on a four-year curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Counsel for Graduate Medical Education. The students train primarily at two medical centers throughout this program—at St. Joseph’s and Valleywise. Together, the hospitals deliver more than 10,000 babies a year, providing maternal support and tertiary care as needed. Upon graduation, the MICA grantees will be adept at caring for a full-range of obstetrics and gynecology care.
PGY 1 residents first enter an “OB Boot camp,” splitting time between both facilities and familiarizing themselves with other residents and the attending physicians. Throughout the year, they’ll spend blocks in obstetrics, gynecology, surgical intensive care, antepartum and ultra sound. PGY II is more focused on patient care and the operating room, along with ambulatory care and family planning.
The MICA Medical Foundation is a grant-making organization dedicated to improving patient outcomes. The foundation pursues its goal principally through financial support of (a) the training and education of physicians and health care professionals, and (b) research to improve the safe, effective and compassionate delivery of medical care for the benefit of the community as a whole.

The first four MICA scholars: Meisje Burton, MD, MBA, Taylor Jenkins, MD, Chloe Wood, MD, and Jessica Worthington, MD.