Our mission is to train caring, compassionate family physicians who can practice healthcare in any location. Our patients’ medical care and outcomes are very often impacted by the social determinants of health, so we strive to train our residents to see beyond our clinic walls.
Although our website contains a lot of information, it cannot tell you who we really are. Our residents, faculty and staff are the heart of our training program and we’d love to have the opportunity for you to learn more about us. We have created a friendly and supportive team-based approach to patient care and learning, and we are committed to diversity and inclusion.
Our unique longitudinal curriculum is designed around the concept that adult learners incorporate information best by revisiting important topics over time. While emphasizing time spent in primary family medicine clinic, we also hope that each resident who comes to our program can carve out an individualized educational experience that will prepare them for whatever setting they ultimately enter upon graduation - full-spectrum family medicine, fellowship, hospital work or outpatient practice. We offer additional training and rotations for residents with more interests in obstetrics, addiction care, sports medicine, underserved medicine, and hospital medicine.
As a resident in our program, you will train in a primary care-focused community health network, an environment we feel is ideal for learning the skills needed in family medicine. We emphasize interdisciplinary teamwork and process improvement in our residents’ education. Our program carries a long track record of excellence as evidenced by our continuous accreditation by the ACGME, our graduates’ success on ABFM certification exams (100% board pass rate for many years), and the support from our health network for family medicine education for over 40 years.
We care for many under-resourced patients in our offices and hospital, especially at the FQHC where our underserved track is located - Jane Pauley Community Health Center. We see all ages, including many pregnant women, children, and recent immigrants. There are multiple spoken languages at all of our care settings. Our hospital on the east side of Indianapolis opened a new patient care tower in February 2019 to continue its history of being a strong pillar in our neighborhood. All of our clinical care sites inspire learning and education via teams, including social work, psychology, pharmacy, nursing, and care managers.
