| T3555536↗ | Department of Health and Human Services | BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM INC | GRANT | 2026-05-14 | 2026-05-14 | 1 | PRIMARY CARE TRAINING AND ENHANCEMENT -- RESIDENCY TRAINING IN STREET MEDICINE - THIS APPLICATION REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR THE BAYCARE STREET MEDICINE COLLABORATIVE (BSMC), A COLLABORATIVE OF THREE HOSPITAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS OPERATING OUT OF THE BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM TO TRAIN 82 RESIDENTS PER YEAR IN STREET MEDICINE, FOR A TOTAL OF 410 RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY THE GRANT. BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM INC (BCHS), A LEADING NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, CONNECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES ACROSS 16 HOSPITALS AND HUNDREDS OF AMBULATORY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TAMPA BAY AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONS. BCHS’S HOSPITALS AND OUR PROPOSED CLINIC SITES ARE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS (HPSA) AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS (MUA) IN WEST/CENTRAL FLORIDA. PROJECT NEED: THE SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL RESIDENCY TRAINING IN STREET MEDICINE IS STARK COMPARED TO THE GROWING NUMBER OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS IN THE PINELLAS AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SERVICE AREA. ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME COUNT (PITC), OVER 4,000 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN THESE COUNTIES IN 2024. THAT SAME YEAR, OUR THREE HOSPITALS TREATED MORE THAN 3,000 UNHOUSED PATIENTS, UNDERSCORING A SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL NEED. DESPITE THIS, THERE ARE NO DEDICATED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN OUR AREA FOCUSED ON PROVIDING CONTINUOUS, COMMUNITY-BASED CARE TO THIS POPULATION. BCHS RECENTLY OPENED SEVEN GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM 2020-2024. MOST OF SUCH PROGRAMS ARE INTERNAL MEDICINE AND FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS. CURRENTLY, MEDICAL TRAINING AT BAYCARE FOR RESIDENTS TREATING INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS UNDERDEVELOPED, LACKING BOTH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN CLINICAL SETTINGS THAT SERVE THE UNHOUSED AND A DIDACTIC CURRICULUM TAILORED TO THEIR UNIQUE HEALTHCARE NEEDS. ESTABLISHING A STREET MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT BCHS WILL BRIDGE THIS GAP BY EQUIPPING PHYSICIANS WITH THE SKILLS TO DELIVER CARE BEYOND TRADITIONAL HOSPITAL SETTINGS. PROPOSED PROGRAM: OVER 5 YEARS, BSMC WILL SERVE 410 RESIDENTS AT THREE HOSPITAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS: (1) ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPITAL – INTERNAL MEDICINE, (2) ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL -INTERNAL MEDICINE, AND (3) ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL (SOUTH)– FAMILY MEDICINE. LED BY DR. AL-OBAYDI OF ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPITAL, THE PROJECT WILL MEET THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PCTE-RTSM PROGRAM BY (1) ENHANCING TRAINING FOR THREE BAYCARE RESIDENCIES BY OFFERING CLINICAL ROTATIONS AT TWO COMMUNITY-BASED CLINICS SERVING THE HOMELESS AND (2) ENHANCING OUR DIDACTIC CURRICULUM TO INCORPORATE LESSONS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT HOUSING (I.E SDOH, MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS, UNDERSTANDING OF DISTINCT CUSTOMS). FUNDING PRIORITY OR PREFERENCE: WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDING UNDER COMPETITIVE PREFERENCE QUALIFICATION 3: NEW TRAINING PROGRAMS | $458.0K |