Goals and Philosophy
Family Medicine Residency Program
The Family Medicine Residency Program at Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region is committed to the following goals:
- To develop outstanding physicians who have excellent clinical and communication skills.
- To encourage personal growth and develop doctors with humanitarian and leadership qualities who are active in their communities.
- To understand the cultural and economic diversity of the communities we serve, and to develop the attitudes and skills necessary to deliver quality care to these populations.
- To emphasize patient dignity, to enhance the patient-physician relationship, and to include patients as partners in their care.
- To educate family physicians within a broad scope of practice enabling them to provide care throughout the life cycle.
- To teach physicians the optimal use of electronic health records to enhance continuity of care.
- To help physicians easily access and navigate electronic medical references for practice guidelines, for answers to clinical inquiries, and for the latest evidence-based medicine.
- To educate family physicians in the proper use of consultants and to coordinate services for integrated patient care.
- To fully integrate family physicians into multi-disciplinary health care teams.
- To teach physicians how to practice medicine efficiently in preparation for future practice, including office management, reimbursement, and teamwork.
- To teach learners how to become teachers, how to best educate their colleagues and patients, and the art of giving and receiving constructive feedback.