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Welcome to our Graduate Medical Education Section. We appreciate your interest in our residency programs and thank you for considering Larkin Community Hospital as the Institution of your choice for your Graduate Medical Education. If you require further information please feel free to contact our residency program coordinator or GME staff.

 
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Message from the President and Chairman of the Board

Welcome to the Section of Graduate Medical Education at Larkin Community Hospital. We have prepared this website to provide you with information on the Postgraduate Medical Education programs that we offer. We look forward to showing you the significant benefits of training in our hospital, and living in our community of South Florida.

Larkin Community Hospital is a General-Surgical-Psychiatric and Teaching Hospital located in South Miami, Florida. We continuously strive to offer a high quality of patient care and personal attention. We have been serving the health care needs of South Miami and the surrounding communities for more than 40 years. We take pride in the continuing tradition of caring and we remain dedicated to providing excellent medical care with the personal touch and convenience that only a community hospital can offer.

Larkin Community Hospital is faithful to honor our Commitment Statement for Graduate Medical Education, providing the necessary resources to guarantee the effective implementation and support of quality residency programs in compliance with the ACGME and the AOA Institutional Program Requirements and Specialty-Specific Program Requirements. Our mission is to prepare physicians capable of providing compassionate, comprehensive and continuous health care to patients and families and we encourage our graduates to practice in medically underserved communities and areas of critical need in our state of Florida when they complete their training. Best wishes on the start of your post-graduate medical education at Larkin Community Hospital.

With kindest regards,

Jack J. Michel, M.D.
President and Chairman of the Board
 
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Message from the Chief Executive Officer

Welcome to Larkin Community Hospital and thank you for taking the time to learn about our training programs. As you visit this web-site, you will notice that our Institution has a strong commitment for Graduate Medical Education. Our excellent faculty is well supported by the medical staff as a whole, to provide excellent educational experiences that will prepare residents for quality, successful practices.

Larkin community Hospital, affiliated universities and participating hospitals are committed to expand medical education in our state; training competent physicians with the highest academic, ethical, clinical and professional competences. We are looking to position our hospital as a leader in post graduate medical education in the area of South Florida. We want to help train the next generation of board certified physicians in our community. I encourage you to consider the information provided within our web-site and contact us with your questions. 
 
Sincerely,
Sandy Sosa-Guerrero
Chief Executive Officer
 
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Message from the Chief Academic Officer

Welcome to our Section of Graduate Medical Education.  On behalf of Larkin Community Hospital, our Sponsoring Institution, participating sites, and in the name of our Departments of Family Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatric Medicine and Psychiatry, I would like to extend our appreciation for your interest in obtaining your Post Graduate training at our institution and affiliates.

We will be truly pleased to have the exclusive privilege to instruct our residents in the first steps of their life as real doctors; offering them the best educational experience through formal quality-assurance programs, where the didactic method, systematic research, and clinical instruction must be correctly balanced. Our didactic mission will extend far beyond the context of a required residency program in the way to obtain a medical license. We are faithful in preparing our learners as self-directed competent board eligible/certified physicians and life long learners, with the highest academic, ethical, clinical and professional standards of medicine. Our residency programs have been created within a team-oriented work setting in order to assure the best educational and clinical experiences for our residents and for the overall success of our programs. Our educational environment must fulfill the physical, emotional and educational needs of all our residents and be devoted to excellence in medical education, patient care and scholarly activity.

Again, I appreciate the interest of all the motivated candidates and applicants interested in our residency programs. We would be happy to answer any questions that you may have. I hope to get to know each of you personally in the coming year. We will be really glad you will be a member of our medical education programs and hope you will feel the same.

Sincerely,

Jose David Suarez, M.D.
Chief Academic Officer, D.I.O
 
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Message from the Director of Medical Education


Thank you for your interest in our residency programs and welcome to the Larkin Family. Choosing the location for your postgraduate training is one of the most challenging decisions you will assume, with an endless list of programs to consider. We are confident that training in our residency programs will allow you to continue your medical education and receive broad-based preparation that will assist you in reaching your potential as an excellent physician. Our faculty is as diverse as our residents and many of them have years of experience in training medical students and residents. Residents shall be evaluated in a manner that emphasizes their ability to be compliant with the core competences. Community based, family-oriented comprehensive care with demonstrated emphasis on continuity shall be an integral part of our curricular component. Disease prevention and promotion of health are the cornerstone of our curriculum, and shall be given major emphasis throughout our educational programs. Upon the successful completion of our residency programs, our graduates will be eligible for board certification in their specialty, and must be prepared to provide a comprehensive, compassionate and continuous health care to individuals as a bio-psycho-social being in the context of the family and the community.

We the faculty, residents, staff and administrative leadership at Larkin Community Hospital feel privileged to play a part in training the outstanding physicians of the future. I would be happy to speak with any candidate with questions regarding our educational programs.

Best regards, 

Dr. Iván Rodríguez, D.O., PhD.
Director of Medical Education
D.I.O Designee

 

GME Mission

The Graduate Medical Education mission is to provide quality assurance structured postgraduate residency programs through guidance, evaluation, progressive supervision; and facilitating the resident's ethical, professional and personal development while guarantying safe and high-quality patient care. Advanced education of the highest quality, combining teaching, clinical service, safe patient care and research is our top priority. Our institution and affiliates are committed to prepare life-long learners and competent physicians board eligible in their specialties, with the highest academic, ethical, clinical and professional standards of medicine, capable of providing a comprehensive, compassionate and continuous health care to the whole patient in the context of the family and the community. 

Mission & Vision

Statement of Mission
We are dedicated to providing superior care to those individuals whose lives are entrusted to us. Our primary focus is to respond to their needs. Our dealing with them will be professional, courteous, helpful, and collaborative. The purpose of Larkin Community Hospital is to provide the highest quality primary care, to serve the medical needs of our community, to honor the Patient Bill of Rights and to ensure patient safety. Furthermore, Larkin Community Hospital will be proactive in helping educate its patients, staff and community in preventive medical care.

 
Vision Statement
Larkin Community Hospital will be recognized as progressive in our response to the changing healthcare needs of our community, and prudent in the management of our resources. We will continuously seek better methods of providing services. We will achieve these goals through a cooperative effort between our customers, administration, physicians, all hospital departments and community resources. We will enhance, expand and improve our facility through refurbishment and construction in order to meet the expectations of the community and service intent. We will improve systems to better manage our resources and make us more responsive to our customers and providing our customers with convenient access to this facility and considering the multi-cultural composition of our community. We will work with our medical staff as partners in pursuit of healthcare excellence.

Commitment for GME

Larkin Community Hospital is committed to the provision of quality patient care in an environment of academic pursuits. The Graduate Medical Education Committee will exercise its authority to monitor and advise on all aspects of residency education through establishing and implementing policies, annually reviewing and making recommendations on resident stipends and benefits; providing oversight of and liaison with program directors; assuring appropriate supervision for all residents, ensuring achievement of the AOA and ACGME (as applicable) core competencies; reviewing accreditation letters and monitoring action plans; reviewing the institutions letter of report from residency coordinators and developing and monitoring action plans, as well as conducting the required internal reviews. The Board, the Hospital, University and the GME leadership are committed to provide leadership, organizational structure, and the necessary educational, financial and human resources to guarantee the effective implementation and support of the programs in compliance with the ACGME and AOA Basic Standards (as applicable), Institutional Requirements, Common Program Requirements, and Specialty Specific Program Requirements. This includes but is not limited to:
-Provide an ethical, professional, and educational environment in which the curricular requirements as well as the applicable requirements for scholarly activity and the general competencies can be met.
-Regular assessment of the quality of our programs, the performance of the residents, and the use of outcome evaluation’s results for program improvement.
-Support the governing authority, the administration, and the GME leadership.
-Operate an organized administrative system; this includes a Graduate Medical Education Committee to supervise training programs. The Designated Institutional Official or DIO (Allopathic education) and the Director of Osteopathic Medical Education or DOME (Osteopathic education) have the authority and responsibility for the oversight and administration of accredited residency programs in collaboration with the GMEC.
-Retain responsibility for the quality of Graduate Medical Education, including when resident education occurs in other participating sites.
-Provide all residents with an appropriate comprehensive support and benefits to ensure that they are able to fulfill the responsibilities of the educational program.

Universities



Multi-facility Training

In order to expand the range, volume and variety of graduate medical education and services, research activities, and to provide a high-quality patient care; our GME system is developing an innovative model of education in partnership with medical schools, local and regional hospitals, medical centers and other educational institutions. In strict compliance with the AOA and ACGME requirements (as applicable), clinical education is taking place at our hospital inpatient and outpatient facilities, as well as at multiple affiliated training facilities, emphasizing primary care and community-based education. The base institution, affiliated facilities, sponsors and affiliated medical schools are committed to provide an ethical, professional, and educational environment, in which the curricular requirements as well as the appropriate provisions for scholarly activity and the general core competencies can be met. Our GME leadership and faculty members are strongly committed to lifelong learning, personal and professional growth, and scholarly development.

Larkin Area of Critical Need Facilities
Larkin Community Hospital
Larkin Family Medicine Center
Psychiatry Partial Hospitalization Programs/4 Units
Miami Neuroscience Center at Larkin
Larkin/Stein Institute for Non-Surgical Orthopedics
Comprehensive Medical Access (CMA) Clinics
Larkin Home Health Care
Larkin Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research
AFFILIATED TRAINING SITES
Miami Children's Hospital
Hialeah Hospital
Holtz Children's Hospital 
Jackson Memorial Hospital
West Gables Rehabilitation Hospital
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Nemours Children's Hospital
Miami Jewish Home & Hospital
VITAS Healthcare Corporation of South Florida (Hospice and Palliative Care)
Family Psychiatry Mental Health Center
Miami Fellowship House
Dade Family Counseling Community Health Center
Miami Behavioral/Spectrum programs
Borinquen Health Care Centers 
Helen B. Bentley Health Center
Miami Beach Community Health Center
Jessie Trice CHC
Others:
Beraja Medical Institute
The Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Care, Hollywood Florida
Miami Sleep Disorders Center
Miami Neuroscience Consultants
South Florida Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine Center
Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Center (Dr. Randhawa)
Surgical Park Center
South Florida Surgery Center
Dermatologic Care Offices, Specialist's Offices, Nursing Home Facilities, and Research Facilities

Sponsoring Institutions

Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education
(AOA Accredited)
The Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution (OPTI) sponsoring the Larkin Community Hospital Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education Residency Programs is the Consortium for Excellence in Medical Education (CEME) in affiliation with Nova Southeastern University-College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM).
Allopathic Graduate Medical Education
(ACGME accredited)
Larkin Hospital is the Sponsoring Institution for Allopathic Graduate Medical Education.

Area of Critical Need

Larkin Community Hospital
has been designated as
Area of Critical Need facility and
Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)
(ID:112999123Y) and, 
National Health Services Corps site
By the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
of the United States
Department Of Health and Human Services

Research


The Larkin Community Hospital Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research is integrated by an expert staff willing to develop the most interesting research projects of our residents and faculty. Our mission is to provide education by combining the didactic curriculum, clinical instruction and systematic research with a high-quality patient care, that goes hand in hand with being a teaching hospital. We also have affiliations with well-known Research Groups such as Acanthus Research, South Miami Research Institute, and other dedicated research groups. Faculty development and Continuing Medical Education are strict requirements for all our medical educators and health practitioners.

Larkin G.M.E Department


Graduate Medical Education Department
6140 SW 70th Street
South Miami, FL 33143
Phone: 305-284-7761 
Fax: 305-740-6836
Administrative Director for
Graduate Medical Education
Sanford Lefkowitz, B.S, P.A, MMS
slefkowitz@larkinhospital.com