Chairman's Statement
Based in a major research institution in a dynamic Southern city, and in a department that is focused on finding ways of improving health for all, the Duke Family Medicine Residency Program trains its graduates to be superbly competent physicians who will be agents of change where ever they practice. We help clinicians learn how to take care of those who seek their help, to identify and reach out to those in need, and to mobilize community support for improving the health of all members of our communities.
The Department practices what it teaches. The Duke Family Medicine Center is a major institutional site for developing new programs to improve outcomes of chronic diseases to use informatics to better inform patients and clinicians of the needs of patients, and to implement team-based care.
We also teach what we practice. All residents learn to become clinically skilled physicians who work effectively as part of larger systems. Residents with an interest in leadership roles are encouraged to enroll in the Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Leadership Program, an option that will extend their training through a year of fellowship, but adds a graduate degree with courses in management and leadership, quality assessment and improvement, informatics, and public policy. Additional popular fellowship options exist in Community Health, Faculty Development and Sports Medicine, while the Masters of Health Sciences in Clinical Research is available for those who seek advanced research skills.
Most of all, we learn together. We continually seek to improve, regularly challenge conventional wisdom, and find that brightest ideas are as likely to come from our newest member, or from those we are serving, as from the senior faculty.
The Department is large and thriving with over 150 faculty and holds leadership roles within the Medical Center, the community, and nationally. The range of disciplines having their Duke homes within the Department is broad, and includes family medicine, community health, preventive/occupational medicine, clinical informatics, physician assistants, physical therapists, and epidemiology. The faculty, staff, and patients are diverse on every level.
If this sounds like the sort of place you would enjoy working, we hope you'll explore the possibilities with us.
Lloyd Michener, MD
Chairman
Department of Community and Family Medicine
