Vision, Mission and Goals - Rural

 

University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine - Family Medicine Residency Program

Mission

• Training future family physicians to serve the primary care needs of their communities.

Vision

• Our graduates are ready to enter comprehensive and patient-centered practice with the ability to adapt to all settings in Canada.
• Our residents are engaged learners and have the support and role-modelling to develop as resilient life-long learning family physicians.
• Our preceptors are fully supported and model best family-medicine practice and foster their resident's development as family physicians.
• Our program provides outstanding family medicine training, promotes and integrates continuous improvement and drives education innovation.

Goals

1. Environment
   • Provide a safe, supportive, collaborative teaching and learning environment.
   • Support & promote the health and wellness of our Residents, Preceptors and Program staff.
2. Teaching
   • Attract, support, develop and retain Preceptors and Faculty who are effective teachers and strong clinician role-models.
   • Provide high quality teaching, supervision and mentoring to residents.
   • All Preceptors are engaged in an ongoing process of evaluation and self-improvement in relation to teaching skills.
   • Support and promote family-medicine appropriate teaching in non-family medicine environments.
3. Curriculum
   • Provide an effective, consistent and integrated curriculum in line with the evolving role of the Canadian Family Physician.
   • Use appropriate and innovative, evidence-informed teaching delivery methods.
4. Administration & Leadership
   • Provide effective and efficient leadership and administrative processes which direct and support all aspects of our programs.
   • Implement effective communication processes across all parts of the Program.
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5. Learning
   • Graduate residents capable of entering practice and delivering comprehensive care with the ability, competence and confidence to adapt to any setting in Canada
   • Facilitate development of resident skills for:
     • - Independent reflective life-long learning
     • - Leadership & advocacy
     • - Teaching
     • - Research and scholarship
     • - Resilience
6. Accreditation
   • Maintain accreditation by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
7. Social accountability
   • The majority of our graduates deliver broad-scope, comprehensive care in Alberta
   • Our Graduates deliver healthcare that meets their local community health needs
   • Our Graduates practice wisely and are responsible stewards of the system and resources
8. Assessment and evaluation
   • Use rigorous, transparent and constructive methods for resident assessment that support trustworthy decisions about progress, promotion and completion.
   • All residents are optimally supported in meeting the requirements for certification with the CFPC.
   • Consistently use rigorous, transparent and constructive methods for Faculty and Program evaluation and feedback
   • Undertake regular, systematic and effective program evaluation and program review