LEWES — Beebe Healthcare’s Family Medicine Residency at the R. Randall Rollins Center for Medical Education received its accreditation recently from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

The council accredits all physician residency and fellowship programs in the United States. To obtain accreditation, the medical education team completed an extensive application and a virtual site visit.

“This is such a pivotal moment for our program,” program director Dr. Joyce Robert said. “Achieving this accreditation means we are in substantial compliance with the Family Medicine Residency requirements. We are now able to begin the interview process for our first class of four resident physicians to begin in July 2023.

“One of the goals of having this program at Beebe is to create an internal source for well-trained physicians to stay in Sussex County to care for our community.”

Beebe will celebrate Match Day in March, when four resident physicians are “matched” with the residency program. When they come to Beebe, they will care for primary care patients under the supervision of board-certified physician faculty members.