INTRODUCTION

Under the supervision of the Director of Education, the Associate Program Director (APD) of the National Family Medicine Residency at Unity is responsible for the day to day functioning of the residency program. He/she/they ensures that residents practice in a supervised, high-quality educational environment in all clinical settings and that the program meets the educational standards in Family Medicine set forth by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

MAJOR DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Supports the health center and organization in contributing to the quadruple aim: improving health outcomes, improving patient experience, supporting care team well-being and the financial sustainability of the organization through graduate medical education.

Management of Learning Environment

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  Execute implementation and oversight of the ACGME core and specialty-specific standards for family medicine residency training at the local site
• Promote optimal training environment for family medicine residents
• Engage and coordinate accessory training venues within the community
• Develop the clinical rotation schedule for each site resident to meet the curriculum requirements
• Ensure adequate physician, resident and other provider supervision of residents in training
• Coordinate with CMO to ensure that resident participation enhances patient care quality, safety, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes
• Engage in continuous quality improvement at the local site

Execution of and Commitment to Residency Program

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  Evaluate Post Graduate Year (PGY)-1 residents quarterly, PGY-2&3 residents semi-annually, and assist Program Director with annual resident evaluations
• Participate in construction and implementation of remediation plans for struggling residents
• Provide recommendations to Program Director in determining appropriate resident advancement
• Coordinate local didactic programming
• Contribute to joint didactics bi-annually
• Assist Program Director (or designee) with core faculty annual evaluations
• Participate in Annual Program Review, and report relevant data and action plans back to site faculty and staff
• Participate in short and long term strategic planning for the residency program
• Review and interview resident applicants and assist Program Director and/or Director of Medical Education in creating rank order lists for the residency match
• Participate in the planning and delivery of resident orientation at both the central and local levels
• Serve on assigned committees, such as the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) and Clinical Competency Committee (CCC)
• Attend assigned meetings, such as the Bi-Weekly LPD meeting
• Be proactive with continuous program quality improvements

Communication Skills

• Communicate effectively with residents, faculty, staff, and program administration
• Complete resident evaluation in a comprehensive and timely manner
• Provide effective feedback to residents to keep them on track to complete program requirements
• Provide effective feedback to Program Director (Clinical Competency Committee) to determine appropriate resident advancement in training
• Provide effective feedback to Program Director (or designee) on core faculty performance

Professionalism

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  Be responsive to residents, faculty, staff and program administration with a sensitive and collaborative approach
• Model professional behavior in communication, integrity, compassion, and respect for others
• Participate in a structured program of faculty development that involves regularly scheduled faculty development activities designed to enhance the effectiveness of teaching, administration, leadership, scholarship, clinical, and behavioral components of APD performance

Scholarly Activities

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  Encourage and support residents in scholarly activities
• Document two (2) scholarly activities every five (5) years
• Demonstrate satisfactory engagement with scholarly activities as defined by the ACGME RC-FM guidelines

Clinical Teaching (Preferred but not required)

• Establish effective learning climate (approachable, safe, uninterrupted)
• Remain current in evidence-based care of patients in family medicine
• Motivate residents to self-learn
• Demonstrate professionalism in dealing with patients, and families
• Review expectations of learners at beginning of rotations
• Provide useful feedback including constructive criticism to learners

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

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  DO or MD degree
• Board certified in family medicine by AOA or ABMS
• Maintain unrestricted D.C. licensure
• Minimum 3 years’ faculty experience within a medical education program or residency program desirable, but not required
• Genuine desire to teach, provide leadership and foster development of physicians in training

GUIDELINES