Psychiatry Residency

Thomas Fluent, M.D., Interim Program Director
Janice Showerman, Program Coordinator

The Psychiatry Residency at Henry Ford Jackson Hospital is a four-year program accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education. Our program provides an integrated environment for residents to work collaboratively with staff psychiatrists and support staff, gaining a broad range of outpatient and hospital experience.

Program Mission:

The Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Psychiatry Residency’s goal is to raise awareness and improve mental health care in our community by training competent, curious, and compassionate psychiatrists who will recognize the significance that behavioral health is essential to overall health. The Psychiatry Program equips residents with the tools and expertise to confidently practice with the familiarity that promises dramatic change for our patients’ lives as well as create a path to greater career fulfillment for us as providers and plans to educate residents who can apply up to date knowledge of complex populations. We place clinical practice as our paramount goal with doctors capable of thriving as an innovative leader in a team-based environment. Additionally, we hope to inspire physicians whose training and experience prepares them to be able to integrate diverse data and theoretical concepts, incorporate current scientific research into daily practice and who can contribute to the academic community through the glance of clinical knowledge and expertise.

Program Vision:

The Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Psychiatry Residency is dedicated to recruit and graduate residents who will serve their community with a particular understanding for the under-served, high-rate substance use, and resource challenged. We focus on attracting residents from Michigan and beyond and increasing the number of physicians who will practice Psychiatry in South Central Michigan. Having the Psychiatry Residency program here in Jackson, MI increases the access to psychiatric care with increased patient education and expanded clinics for the local residents. We compassionately provide a heartfelt experience to every patient, member, and each other; we respectfully honor the commitment to our communities by acting with integrity, courage, and inclusion; we reliably deliver results on our promise to be leaders in safety and affordability, ensuring the health of our communities.

Hospital System Description:

Henry Ford Jackson Hospital, a 475-bed health system, has been serving Jackson County and its surrounding communities for more than 100 years. We are proud to be part of Henry Ford Health, a national leader among comprehensive, integrated health systems and widely recognized for clinical excellence and innovation.

Comprised of more than 40 facilities, Henry Ford Jackson Hospital serves the residents of Jackson, Hillsdale, Branch, Lenawee, Ingham, Calhoun and Washtenaw counties and beyond. We are a Level II Trauma Center and a teaching hospital with a thriving Graduate Medical Education program that attracts resident doctors from around the globe. Our team of more than 400 physicians and 3,700 staff members centers everything we do on a deep commitment to those we serve.

Our comprehensive health care services also focus on wellness, prevention and education. Through our Health Improvement Organization, Henry Ford Jackson Hospital has earned national recognition for partnering with local organizations to address these needs innovatively and equitably.

Highlights:

• Our 475-bed system provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, including such specialty services as cardiac surgery, minimally invasive structural heart procedures, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and partial or total joint replacement.
  
  
• We have earned Magnet status from the American Nursing Credentialing Center by demonstrating excellence in patient care and innovation, signifying the highest level of care delivered by nurses who are supported to be the very best they can be.
  
  
• With the construction of a new patient tower in 2019, we are able to provide every medically admitted inpatient with a private room.
  
  
• As part of the Henry Ford Cancer Institute, our Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology programs bring local access to the latest advancements in technology, treatments, and research.
  
  
• Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Hospice Home, the only hospice residence in the region, provides compassionate and dignified end-of-life care paired with emotional support for patients and their families.
  
  
• Recent service investments include a complete renovation of our hospital lobby and front entrance, to provide a more accessible and welcoming environment for patients and visitors, and a new hybrid operating room for complex heart and vascular procedures.