Superior Education Program
We are an ACGME fully-accredited residency program.We emphasize strong academics and teaching, innovative curricula and interest in practice-based research.
 Learning Environment
We provide:
- Resident board preparation sessions
- Comprehensive didactic curricula
- Mortality & morbidity conferences
- Test taking skills training
- Objective structured clinical exam with standardized patients*
- Competency-based evaluation system
- Ongoing feedback on learning progress through learning contract
- Web-based educational modules
- Educational programs to promote lifelong learning
- Training residents for teaching
- Committed faculty with diverse interests
*Effective Communication with Patients is Good Medicine
The Family Medicine Residency Program at Wayne State University has developed an innovative program for communication skills training. It is made up of four components:
1) Yearly assessment of PGY-I, -II, and –III residents with standardized patients.
2) Feedback session for reviewing performance.
3) Development of a learning contract outlining communication strengths, weaknesses, and educational goals for the year.
4) Methods to ensure success in obtaining goals.
At the beginning of each academic year, communication assessments are conducted through an OSCE (Objective Standardized Clinical Examination) in which each resident is videotaped in standardized patient encounters. Standardized patients present with a variety of physical and psychosocial complaints. These encounters are videotaped and evaluated by trained coders from School of Medicine using a coding system for assessing patient-centered communication skills. The faculty takes a learner-centered approach to collaborate in determining needs for communication skill training for each resident. The formal learning contract is agreed upon by each participant outlining areas of focus for the year. These areas are assessed throughout the year through monthly in-vivo observation of resident encounters with patients in the family medicine clinic. Feedback on performance and progress toward goals is provided following each encounter. A strength of this system is that it not only allows for residents to improve in areas of weakness, it also allows for more advanced development in areas of strength.
Paperless Residency
We utilize web-based residency management software to assist with a variety of tasks such as:
- Conference scheduler which allows residents to access our library of all presentations of PowerPoint Slides
- Viewing of resident’s annual, monthly and daily schedules, which can be downloaded to PDA
- Procedure logger to track procedures on the internet or PDA
- Online evaluations which are competency based and track rotation, faculty, self, and 360º evaluations
- Goals and objectives of each of your rotations
- Duty hours tracking
- Patient encounter log book
Innovative Integrated
Family Medicine Curriculum
Based upon the new model of care and the patient-centered medical home, the Integrated Family Medicine Rotation is tailored to provide learning experiences that will prepare the family physician of the future to operate as the coordinator of care in both a preventive and therapeutic manner. We provide a unique longitudinal experience throughout the three years of training integrating the Family Medicine Center practice with other essential learning domains such as:
- Sports Medicine
- Pre-participation sports physicals
- Sport-related injury workshops
- Experience in athletic recreational centers
- Sporting event coverage
- Care of the Elderly
- Continuity Care in a long-term care facility
- Palliative Care (Hospice)
- Pain Management Training
- Home visits
- Systems-Based Practice Building
- Practice Management
- Multi-disciplinary rounds
- Chart audits and quality improvement projects
- Marketing practices
- Contract Negotiation
- Human Behavior and Mental Health
- Hospital Ethics Committee
- Patient-Centered Clinical Method
- Psychopharmacology
- Professionalism
- Community Medicine
- Health Fairs
- Educational Outreach in churches/schools
 Our residency program is recognized as one of the leaders in community outreach. This initiative is led by a Community Outreach Committee and is comprised of faculty, residents and staff. Our hearts go out to the community through our partnering with community organizations, churches and schools in the area. We respond to the needs of our patients in our community by organizing health fairs and screenings targeted to our service population.
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