Departmental Review

Recently, our Department underwent the most recent formal review. These occur roughly every 5 years and are rather a big deal in the land of academic medical centers. Among other things, the Departmental Review identifies strengths and suggests areas for improvement. For this post, I'd like to share with you the strengths identified by our reviewers.

• 8/8/8 FMRP scheduled for next review in about 18 months
• Adequate patient volume to support most aspects of outpatient and inpatient training, with the exception of maternity care. (Maternity care being an area we've been working on with various strategies for the past several years. More to follow on that front...)
• Resident graduates who remain to practice in the region
• Unusually high percentage of residents graduating this year entering various fellowship programs
• Strong commitment to rural education via a rural track residency program
• Residen tcohort who reports satisfaction with attending support in both the hospital and ambulatory settings
• Adequate administrative resources in support of residency training
• Strong faculty commitment to residency teaching in all clinical venues
• Appropriate educational relationships with other disciplines providing training for Family Medicine residents