The Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) continues to lead change for health care in Michigan. The DFCM is seeking a Program Director for its 6-6-6 Family Medicine Residency in Battle Creek, MI. Launched in 2019 with tremendous community support, the Battle Creek program partners with Bronson Battle Creek Hospital and Grace Health, a beautiful Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that houses the residency’s outpatient practice. This program successfully graduated its first class in 2022 and remains one of the only residencies in the state to be based entirely in an FQHC. Known as “Cereal City, USA”, Battle Creek is a vibrant, diverse, well-resourced area with numerous opportunities for collaboration, as the program develops rich learning experiences for trainees while demonstrating its commitment to improving community health.

This program joined the established WMed Family Medicine Residency in Kalamazoo. The two programs work collaboratively to enhance the education of all students and residents, leveraging each group's unique talents and offerings to strengthen the department. As a community supported residency with the backing of an academic university program we have the best of both worlds.  Our residents are trained to competently practice the full scope of family medicine. The program is open to supporting leading edge skills and innovation in its faculty.

• Preparation of a written statement outlining the educational goals of the program with respect to knowledge, skills and other attributes of residents at each level of training and for each major rotation or other program assignment.
• Selection of residents for appointment to the program in accordance with institutional and departmental policies and procedures.
• Selection, supervision and evaluation of the School of Medicine program faculty and other teaching faculty at the participating institutions.
• Supervision of residents through explicit written descriptions of supervisory lines of responsibility for the care of patients, which are communicated to all members of the program staff. Residents are provided with prompt, reliable systems for communication and interaction with supervisory physicians.
• Regular and formal evaluation of residents’ knowledge, skills and overall performance based on the competency standards.
• Provision of a written final evaluation for each resident who completes the program, including: review of performance throughout residency and professional ability to practice competently and independently.
• Monitoring of resident stress, including mental or emotional conditions inhibiting performance and/or learning; and drug-/or alcohol-related dysfunction, and referals to counseling as appropriate. Trends resident stress and modifies environment as is appropriate.
• Preparation of an accurate statistical and narrative description of the program as requested by the Residency Review Committee (RRC) or AOA. Notifies the accrediting organization (ACGME/AOA) regarding major programmatic changes and obtains approval.
• Provides direction and assistance to residents in developing research projects and involvement in quality improvement activities.
• Participation in scholarly activities.
• Supervises clinical medical director in administration of clinic (as applicable).
• Program and clinic budget development and implementation.
• Availability to work on weekends and evenings to complete time sensitive projects.
• Acquires knowledge for new technology and policy/procedure revisions.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Minimum 3 years of experience at a teaching institution with administrative abilities demonstrated for MD; 3 years of experience for DO.
• Prior supervisory experience.
• Current Board Certification
• State of Michigan Licensure in the area of specialty
• Appointment in good standing at Bronson Hospital.

 About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)

We are committed to excellence and health equity through transformative medical education, high-quality, patient- and family-centered care, innovative research, and community partnerships within a welcoming, supportive, and engaging culture. Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.

The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems, Beacon and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. WMed is the recipient of a $100 million foundational gift and the Empowering Futures Gift, a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school. WMed contributes to the economic vitality of Southwest Michigan through the services we provide, as well as the creation of 1,600 new jobs, with an estimated annual economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

WMed is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher Learning Commission. The medical school offers a comprehensive, innovative four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program as well as a Master of Science degree program in Biomedical Sciences. We train physicians in 10 residencies and four fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support our educational mission, we have Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek areas. Faculty in the Department of Pathology serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, faculty and administrative offices, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed builds upon Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery. 

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