The Residency Program
Mission and Vision
Our mission is to train family medicine physicians who will distinguish themselves by providing excellent care in the practice setting of their choice. The Rush-Copley Family Medicine Residency provides the highest quality primary, subspecialty and preventive health care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The residency achieves these goals by:
- Serving as a patient advocate for quality, cost effective health care for undifferentiated patients of all ages.
- Promoting patient education to ensure patient understanding and participation in medical care.
- Maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice and patient satisfaction.
- Stressing the importance of continuing education to medical students, residents, faculty and medical staff members.
- Increasing awareness of the changing health care environment and the impact of these changes on the practice of medicine, the hospital and the community.
In addition, the residency provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art educational experience for residency, medical students, faculty, patients and staff. The Family Medicine Center is located in the professional building on the Rush-Copley Medical Center campus and is a model ambulatory care facility.
The residency adheres to the goals and objectives of the American Board of Family Practice (ABFP), the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Residency Review Committee (RRC).
The residency is committed to developing and maintaining ongoing, innovative clinical research and scholarly activities. New approaches to clinical problems will improve health outcomes for the practice and the system while advancing the reputation of Rush-Copley Medical Center for excellence in teaching and research.
General Competencies
The Rush-Copley Family Medicine Residency is committed to providing the highest quality graduate medical education experience to our family practice residents. The ACGME has defined six general competencies and we strive to evaluate progress in each area of development using a variety of techniques.
- Patient Care: Supervised encounters both inpatient and in the Family Medicine Center; direct video surveillance in the Family Practice Center; record review in the Family Medicine Center; review of history and physical documentation/discharge summaries for inpatients; morning report by oral presentation
- Medical knowledge: Annual required participation in In-training Assessment Examination; application of basic sciences to patient care; analytical thinking as applied to medical decision making and patient management plans
- Professionalism: Sensitivity to cultural diversity; application of ethically sound medical practice
- Interpersonal skills/communication: Video-taped encounters with patients in the Family Medicine Center; feedback from teaching attendings on case discussions; presentation of Grand Rounds/Chairman Rounds
- Practice-based learning and improvement: Peer review of medical records of patients with diabetes mellitus/asthma/pediatric immunizations to promote improved outcomes
- System-based practice/practice improvement: Updating practice guidelines for cost-effective, high quality patient care; standardized management of patients followed by the VNA with abnormal Pap smears including colposcopy and cryotherapy
Residents are evaluated monthly by faculty on inpatient rotations. In addition, residents are evaluated bi-annually by the Program Director and this evaluation is discussed confidentially with the resident. The evaluations for each resident are compiled into a Resident Portfolio. Residents also evaluate the faculty and the program annually.
