Our Program Goals
At the end of the program, residents will be able to:
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Work collaboratively and effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment caring for patients in a patient-centered medical home model across a spectrum of settings.
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Competently and cost effectively provide comprehensive care for a broad range of medical conditions to a diverse group of patients in a culturally sensitive manner.
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Understand the tools of disease management, systems-based care and population health to more effectively care for people with chronic illnesses and to apply preventive health strategies.
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Be effective communicators with the team, families and patients.
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Provide effective and direct end-of-life counseling to patients and families.
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Building Resilience
We provide each resident a membership at Tidelands HealthPoint Center for Health and Fitness. Here, you can get ready for the day ahead with a workout on a wide array of fitness equipment, or you can end your day here swimming laps in the indoor pool or relaxing in the sauna.
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Understand patient decision-making and patient satisfaction drivers.
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Understand and utilize the principles of quality improvement and systems thinking to reduce variation and the utilization of data to improve performance.
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Possess broad leadership skills to foster community engagement, civic responsibility and serve as community-based health system leaders.
Our program will also seek to support each resident’s development of:
- The emotional intelligence needed to deal with change and ambiguity
- A healthy work-life balance
- A commitment to lifelong learning and service
The aim of our program is to provide meaningful instruction so our residents can meet the required competencies to become board-certified family physicians using the guidelines of the ACGME and the RRC for family medicine.
