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 diverse 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:
- 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 DEI/bias training
- Board pass rate
- ITE scores
- Required ongoing AAFP questions
- 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
- Incorporation DEI/Bias training
- 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
- DEI training and policies
- Train residents to be models of professionalism (Professionalism). Measured by:
- 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
- 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