1. To train excellent family physicians, eligible for board certification
2. To provide excellent medical care to the people of Quincy and surrounding areas.

Vision

In harmony with the Missions of the SIU School of Medicine and the SIU School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine, Quincy Family Medicine Residency Program will provide quality healthcare to the people of Quincy and surrounding areas and will enhance public health through education, service, and scholarship. Our vision is to:

• Educate resident physicians in the principles and practice of Family Medicine
• Train residents to provide comprehensive, high-quality medical care for at least 90% of acute and chronic medical problems to patients of all ages, races, and socioeconomic status
• Provide compassionate and continuous patient-centered care at all levels---outpatient, inpatient, extended care, and care in the home.
• Recognize the impact of the environment, cultural background, the community and family upon the health and well-being of individual patients.
• Develop the knowledge and skills necessary for our graduates to establish practices that meet the criteria for a patient-centered medical home
• Provide educational opportunities for healthcare professionals other than resident physicians including medical students, pre-medical students, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and others.
• Provide medical leadership in the community and mechanisms to enhance public health.
• Promote scholarly activity and academic inquiry into primary care medicine for the advancement of the discipline of family medicine.
• Enhance the healthcare delivery to medically vulnerable and rural populations.
  

Guiding Principles of the Vision

• The Program will maintain a curriculum in accordance with the recommendations of the Residency Review Committee, assuring that the resident’s training will be complete and that each resident will be eligible for board certification.
• The curriculum promotes the skills and competencies essential to the development of a family physician.
• All rotations will emphasize the development of clinical decision-making skills and residents will be deemed competent in these skills when the resident can perform a thorough history and comprehensive physical examination, employ appropriate diagnostic services, formulate an appropriate differential diagnosis, and take an appropriate action. This skill is not achieved unless proper communication is maintained with the patient and unless the resident is able to present this information correctly and concisely to other professionals.
• Both personal and professional growth of resident physicians is encouraged through non-clinical curricular elements that include self-assessment, cultural diversity, health literacy, community-oriented primary care, health systems management, and others.
• Preparing physicians to practice in rural and underserved areas requires the development of a “tempered independence” or a higher level of expertise in the areas of procedures, behavioral health, public health and obstetrics. The Program will provide opportunities for resident physicians to develop these higher level skills.
• The Program will train excellent family physicians who have a complete understanding of the philosophy of family medicine and who are capable of delivering comprehensive, continuous medical care to people and families in all walks of life.
• Research and scholarly activity will enhance the quality of patient care and advance the discipline of Family Medicine and will be encouraged among faculty and residents.
• The Program will actively collaborate with the community to improve health and access to healthcare.

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