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The NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency graduates family doctors who are excellent clinicians and community health advocates, and who practice relationship centered care. We provide an effective practice model and scholarly environment in which the necessary knowledge, skills, values, and dedication are taught and modeled. Faculty and graduates are effective clinical leaders and are committed to long-term personal and professional development.
The mission of the training program is addressed through four core themes:
- Practical clinical education
- Effective psychosocial care
- Community responsive practice
- Personal development
These themes are woven into our comprehensive curriculum and provide the focus for our residency teaching and service.
Practical-Clinical Education
Our clinical rotations are based on the premises that:
- Experiences must be relevant and within the context of effective teaching methods that address individual learning needs.
- Training should be conducted in an environment in which residents are nurtured as adult learners.
The clinical curriculum focuses on evidence-based diagnosis and treatment, procedural skills, and care management skills critical to effective patient care. Working in a regional medical center, with traditional acute care services in 50 medical specialties and subspecialties, ensures extensive and relevant clinical experiences.
Effective Psychosocial Care
Family physicians deal extensively with psychosocial issues. Two family therapists and two physicians on our faculty teach our longitudinal curriculum to prepare our residents to recognize these issues, as well as build their comfort level with dealing with them. Our collaborative care service, which teams psychotherapy trainees with residents, allows us to focus not only on diagnosis and therapy, but also on learning about normal development, the doctor-patient relationship, the psychology of chronic illness, and problems of living.
Community-Responsive Care
Community-oriented primary care is patient care directed by an awareness of the community's needs and resources. It involves practices, driven by community needs and healthcare outcomes, that provide excellent medical care for individuals and families, as well as assessment of and attention to the needs of vulnerable populations. The practitioner works with the community on problems and provides solutions beyond the scope of office practice, using organizational and leadership skills to mobilize and focus resources.
Personal Development
The practice of medicine can be an arduous personal journey. We clarify the issues, techniques and conceptual frameworks necessary to process the stress of practice and transform it into personal and professional growth. Support groups and clinical supervision, faculty mentoring, advisor feedback, and workshops are all strategies to achieve this goal.
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