Mission

To train next-generation family medicine physician leaders who can adapt to a dynamic healthcare landscape and provide comprehensive, high-quality, equitable care for and with the diverse communities they serve.

Aims

To train family medicine residents in full spectrum family medicine such that they are prepared to offer a wide scope of care in a broad range of future practice settings.

To inculcate family medicine residents in the methods of evidence-based practice and lifelong learning in order to provide high quality, value-based patient care.

To instill equity as a core value of care in order to prepare family medicine residents to contribute to the health of individuals and communities through authentic relationships and cultural humility.

Values

Program wellness: Support the well-being of residents, faculty, staff and their families, through collaborative relationships with our Department of Family and Community Medicine, UC College of Medicine, UC Health and West Chester Hospital.

Education: Train residents for clinical excellence and full-spectrum family medicine in an academically rigorous environment committed to providing high-quality health education for residents, faculty, medical students and patients.

Care for the vulnerable: Model dedication to addressing health inequities and social determinants of health in underserved, disadvantaged, minoritized and marginalized communities throughout one’s career.

High-value, continuous care: Demonstrate the provision of high-value, high-quality, comprehensive, compassionate care for individuals, families and communities, throughout the life span and across practice locations.

Adaptability: Build skills that allow for dynamic responses in the changing landscape of healthcare and public health.  

Community: Share mutual responsibility with the communities we serve to advance healthcare through partnership and advocacy.

Diversity and Inclusion: Commit to promoting diversity and inclusion through transparent and intentional anti-oppression goals within the Department of Family and Community Medicine, including recruitment, training, support, and promotion of diverse residents, faculty and staff.

Leadership: Train and mentor residents to become leaders in the field of family medicine at local, state, regional, national and international levels.

Scholarship: Advance the discipline of family medicine through quality improvement, research, publications and programming.