Recent Articles
Posted By: Franklin Berkey
Mon Feb 10th, 2020
As one of the few family medicine residency programs to utilize a longitudinal schedule, our primary goal in the Clinic First program is to improve resident predictability in the family medicine continuity clinic (FMC). Secondary objectives include a more well-defined patient panel and improved cove
Posted By: Kelly Kahle
Tue Jan 14th, 2020
HELLO FROM KINGSPORT, TN!
Our team for the clinic first collaborative consisted of: Gary Michael, Chief Medical Officer for the Department of Family Medicine, Billy Buselmeier, Assistant Program Director, and Kelly Kahle, one of our chief residents who is now faculty at the program.
Our aims for
Posted By: Erika Ringdahl
Mon Dec 2nd, 2019
The University of Missouri first joined Clinics First for the February 2019 meeting. We had spent the previous two years really focusing on the experience of our residents on our inpatient service. We noticed an increase in the number of our residents who were pursuing careers as hospitalists, prima
Posted By: Carol Mendez
Fri Dec 7th, 2018
When we started the AFMRD Clinic First Collaborative our three main goals were to improve scheduling of residents in clinic to optimize continuity and resident engagement, improve empanelment and engage residents in clinic transformation. We have made great strides in all our goals thanks...
Posted By: Christian Gausvik
Wed Nov 28th, 2018
While we have always had a very strong residency, our inpatient experience has always been exceptional and our outpatient experience has always been the “left overs”. Over the last few years, we have made great strides, moving our Family Medicine Center onto our hospital campus, instead of a half ho