Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Family Medicine residency program,
in collaboration with the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP), is participating in a
national project to advance physician training through personalized learning and advanced
technology.
The GAFP has been selected as one of 11 organizations to receive funding from the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education Grant Program, a $12 million investment by the AMA to advance physician training. The GAFP will receive $1.1 million over four years to fund its project, “Individualized Learning Plans for Precision Education” with the Family Medicine residency program at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) partnering with them on the project.
“Precision education models use data and technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to tailor learning to each learner’s needs, which, in turn, will strengthen the physician workforce and support high-quality patient care,” said Monica Newton, DO, program director of the Family Medicine residency program at NGMC and president of the GAFP. “With this funding and technology, we can help identify the needs of the physicians in training and move them forward with broader skill sets to be the family doctors Georgia needs.”