Faculty Physician

Responsibilities

• Primary duty as a faculty member of the Family Medicine Residency, actively participating in the education and training of residents and medical students.
• Serve as the Family Medicine faculty attending in the Family Medicine Center as assigned by the Program Director.
• Participate in assigned activities with students from affiliated medical schools (seminars, patient care supervision, and other activities as deemed necessary).
• Prepare and present Family Medicine Grand Rounds topics to the faculty and residents.
• Participate in at least one continuing education seminar annually, as approved by the Program Director, to maintain and upgrade clinical/teaching skills.
• Serve as the Family Medicine faculty attending in the Family Medicine Center as assigned by the Program Director, supervising resident patient care.
• Obtain and maintain appropriate Medical Staff privileges at Midtown Medical Center.
• Encourage involvement in research or clinical investigation in areas of personal special interest.
• Participate in faculty development as developed for the department.
• Encourage to serve as co-investigator and/or advisor for residents on research and/or clinical investigation projects of relevance to Family Medicine.
• Coordinate with the Program Director to participate in various educational programs at Midtown Medical Center.
• Develop and participate in programs of patient education.
• Participate in community organizations having the mission of improving the health status of the citizens of Columbus and surrounding areas.
• Participate in local, state, and national organizations relative to the specialty of Family Medicine and resident education to include but not limited to the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.

Qualifications

• Graduate Medical Education: Serve as the Family Medicine faculty attending in the Family Medicine Center as assigned by the Program Director.
• Undergraduate Medical Education: Participate in assigned activities with students from affiliated medical schools (seminars, patient care supervision, and other activities as deemed necessary).
• Continuing Medical Education: Prepare and present Family Medicine Grand Rounds topics to the faculty and residents.
• Personal Professional Development: Participate in at least one continuing education seminar annually, as approved by the Program Director, to maintain and upgrade clinical/teaching skills.
• Research: Encouraged to be involved in research or clinical investigation in areas of his/her special interest.
• Institutional: Participate in faculty development as developed for the department.
• Public Service: Coordinate with the Program Director to participate in various educational programs at Midtown Medical Center.
• Community Engagement: Develop and participate in programs of patient education.
• Organizations: Participate in local, state, and national organizations relative to the specialty of Family Medicine and resident education to include but not limited to the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.