• Develop the knowledge and skills necessary for our graduates to establish practices that meet the criteria for a patient-centered medical home
• Confidence in dealing with >90% of medical concerns of patients in the office
• Provide compassionate and continuous patient-centered care at all levels: outpatient, inpatient, extended care, and in the home.
• Provide medical leadership in the community and mechanisms to enhance public health.
• Enhance the healthcare delivery to medically vulnerable and rural populations

Program Focus

• Ambulatory care in the Quincy Family Practice Center
• Primary care of patients in the hospital
• Proficiency in common problems seen by family physicians

Procedures

• Full range of procedures practiced and taught in the office and hospital
• Expertise in common office procedures
• Ability to become proficient in hospital procedures

Education

• Educate resident physicians in the principles and practice of Family Medicine
• Educational opportunities for medical students, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and others interested in the medical profession
• Contact us for clerkship opportunities

Service

• Quality medical care
• Enhancing access to primary care, both locally and regionally
• Operation of East Adams Clinic, Lewis County Maternal and Child Health Clinic, nursing homes, Recovery Resources, Family Planning, Pittsfield Maternity Care

Community Leadership

• Influence in the developmental policies for the medical community
• Develop and implement programs to improve the public health

Research

• Advancement of the discipline of family medicine
• Encouragement and support of scholarly activity and academic inquiry into primary care medicine for the advancement of the discipline of family medicine
• Areas of interest include: cancer screening, family centered maternity care, and rural medicine and smoking cessation

Academic Achievement

• Outstanding academic achievement
• Excellent pass rate on the American Board of Family Medicine test