Program Structure

• One year salaried residency with benefits, followed by a year of employment at Community Health Center, Inc.
• Full integration into the organization, including continuous training to a model of high performance health care including access, continuity, planned care, team-based care, prevention-focused care, and use of data & technology.
• See core curricular elements for the detailed aspects of the program.

Core Curricular Elements

• Precepted Continuity Clinics – These are the cornerstone of the residency program. Residents develop their own patient panel while having a preceptor (MD, DO, PA, or APRN) exclusively assigned to them. (40%)
• Specialty Rotations – Month-long rotations in high-risk, high-volume, and high-burden areas most commonly encountered in FQHC settings. Rotations include: Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Health and Healthcare for the Homeless, HIV care, Newborn Nursery, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Women’s Health, School Based Health Centers, and Urgent Care. (20%)
• Mentored Clinics – Residents focus on acute and episodic care and work as part of an integrated care team, seeing patients under the direction of a mentor PCP who is available for consultation. (20%)
• Weekly Didactic Sessions – Formal education sessions on a variety of complex clinical and professional topics most commonly encountered in primary care FQHCs. Continuing Medical Education Credit is provided for these sessions. (1 session per week)
• Quality Improvement Seminars – Seminars focus on developing knowledge and skills to improve care utilizing quality improvement tools and methods. (Bi-weekly sessions)
• Project ECHO® Pain – Residents join this 10 session series that connects primary care providers with a multidisciplinary team of pain specialists to improve the management of patients with chronic pain. Weitzman ECHO® uses case-based learning to provide support and education to providers. 
• Community Engagement Opportunities – Residents are provided opportunities to engage with their assigned community at all levels including special events. Additionally, residents are offered the chance to participate in unique clinical training opportunities to engage in community-based care including Migrant Farm Worker clinics, Refugee Health clinics, and mobile health van.
• Structure Cohort Support and Activities – Entering practice and participating in a residency program is a lot to take on. In our program you are not alone! CHC’s program creates meaningful and structured opportunities to connect with your peer cohort both inside and outside of work so you can create a solid professional support structure to ease your entry into practice. 
• Wellness and Mindfulness Training – CHC’s program believes that incorporating wellness and mindfulness into its program is an important part of the transition to practice. The program has embedded regular trainings focused on your individual overall well being as a resident and provider. The program also includes wellness funding to support in building healthy self-care routines outside of work. 

Compensation & Benefits

The residency is a 12 month, full-time salaried position, followed by a one year post-residency commitment. CHC, Inc. offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive salary for residency followed by a significant salary increase for the one post-residency employment year
• Group medical, dental and health insurance
• Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with substantial discretionary employer match and contribution
• Generous paid time off program
• License reimbursement – NP Residents are reimbursed for licenses upon starting for their APRN, Connecticut Controlled Substance, and Federal DEA
• Wellness programs
• Supplemental vision, disability, accident and life insurance
• The nurse practitioner residents receive the same clinical and administrative support as other primary care providers including IT, billing, and others

Community Health Center, Inc.’s NP Residency Program holds full accreditation status from the National Nurse Practitioner Residency & Fellowship Training Consortium (the Consortium). More information here.