Mission & Aims - Family Medicine Residency Program

The mission of the Ochsner Clinic Foundation Family Medicine Residency Program is to increase the primary care physician workforce in St. Tammany Parish by training a cohort of competent, well-rounded physicians that will provide comprehensive, high quality, compassionate healthcare to the community we serve.

Aims

To accomplish this mission, the Program has the following competency-based aims:

1. Train residents to provide competent care in both the inpatient and outpatient setting not limited by organ system, gender, or age (Patient Care & Medical Knowledge). Measured by:
   • Clinic Preceptor evaluations
   • Block evaluations
   • Direct observation at least quarterly in both clinic and hospital
   • Procedure logs
   • Mandatory Guideline Lecture
   • Milestones
   • Achievement of Quality/HEDIS Metrics as reported through patient registries
   • Maintenance of inpatient length of stay benchmarks
   • Accuracy of documentation on inpatient and outpatient chart audits
   • Achieving hospital stewardship goals
   • Incorporating bias training
   • Board pass rate
   • ITE scores
   • Required ongoing AAFP questions
2. Train residents to communicate effectively with patients, consultants, and the healthcare team (Interpersonal Communication Skills). Measured by:
   • Quarterly direct observation
   • Peer and clinical staff evaluations
   • Review of patient safety events
   • Milestones
   • Incorporating bias training
3. Train residents to participate in and navigate the broader healthcare system (Systems Based Practice). Measured by:
   • Participation on clinic and hospital committees
   • Participation in patient safety conferences
   • Direct observation of inpatient transitions of care using IPASS method
   • Appropriate use of EMR
   • Participation in legislative advocacy efforts
   • Annual program wide QI project
   • Review of community health needs assessment
   • Train residents to be models of professionalism (Professionalism). Measured by:
4. • Timely documentation in hospital and clinic
   • Conference attendance
   • Completion of ethics mandatories
   • Peer and team member evaluations
   • Wellness education and opportunities
   • Review of patient safety events
5. Create and sustain an environment of inquiry (Practice-based Learning and Improvement). Measured by:
   • Annual program wide QI project
   • Mandatory evidence-based medicine lectures
   • Require and review resident self-learning plan semi-annually
   • Semi-annual resident performance review
   • Semi- annual milestone review
   • Scholarly activity compliance by both faculty and residents
   • Quarterly faculty development activities