Educational Resources and Scholarly Activity

St. Luke’s Family Medicine Residency – Sacred Heart

Family Medicine Residency Educational Resources

The core of the learning experience in the residency program is to combine supervised “hands-on” patient care experience with structured didactic educational sessions and department meetings. Our educational resources include:

Protected time every Tuesday morning for Academic Day
Didactic lectures from faculty and sub-specialists covering the breadth and depth of Family Medicine
Monthly simulation sessions
Integrated Behavioral Medicine Conferences
Hands-on procedure workshops
Board review sessions
Journal Club
Monthly Medical Education Grand Rounds
Practice Management education series
Access to on-site Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics
Online resources and access to the network medical library
Network Research Institute

Scholarly Activity

A lifelong love of learning is crucial to your success as a family physician. At St. Luke’s/Sacred Heart Campus, you will have multiple opportunities to participate in scholarly activity. Some of our recent scholarship is listed below!

Fazli W, Habtesilassie E, Lopez L, Rose A, Sano A, Velez Y, Tabchi R. Resident Managed Clinics: A Holistic Approach to Medicine. Presentation. AIAMC National Initiative X Meeting II. San Diego, CA. April 2026.
Islam S. A Modular Clinical Decision-Support and Documentation Framework to Reduce Hazy Reasoning and Reinforce Clinical Reasoning in Family Medicine. Oral Presentation. PAFP Resident Research Day. Bethlehem, PA. April 2026.
Wong D, Bhalodi R, Emter E. Improving access to behavioral health: a primary care psychiatry consult model. Poster. AACP Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2025.
Tabchi R. The Intersection of Illness, Professionalism, Moral Distress and Burnout. Presentation. POMA Annual Meeting, Kalahari Resort, Pocono Summit, PA. May 2025.
Langan RC. International Medical Graduates in Family Medicine Education. In: Kellerman R, Irwin G, editors. Graduate Medical Education in Family Medicine: From Basic Processes to True Innovation. Switzerland: Springer Cham;2025. pp. 159-163.
Langan RC, Hines-Smith KA. Mildly Elevated Liver Transaminase Levels: Causes and Evaluation. Am Fam Physician. 2024 Dec;110(6):585-591.
Ajibola O, Tabchi R, Hepworth K, Walty A, Niyibizi A. Identifying and Addressing Social Determinants of Health with an Electronic Health Record. J Am Board Fam Med. 2025 May 12;38(1):9-14.
Langan RC. The persistent challenge of diagnosing and treating vitamin B₁₂ deficiency. BMJ. 2024 Jun 13;385:q1262.
McDonald M, Oyedele K. A student-led effort to address healthcare inequity: The SLICC (Student-Led Interprofessional Care Center) Initiative. Presentation. Surgical Education Week. Orlando, Florida. April 2024.
Goodbred AJ, Langan RC. Chronic kidney disease: prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2023;108(6):554-561.