Mission & Objectives

Mission: To provide an academically community based curriculum to train Family Medicine Residents to be competent, confident and compassionate leaders for underserved resource limited rural populations.

Objectives: At the completion of residency training, the graduate will show mastery of the six ACGME core competencies and should:

• Demonstrate clinical excellence, utilizing current biomedical knowledge in identifying and managing the medical problems presented by his/her patients.
• Provide continuing and comprehensive care to individuals and families
• Demonstrate the ability to integrate the behavioral / emotional / social / environmental factors of families in promoting health and managing disease.
• Recognize the importance of maintaining and developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for the best in modern medical practice in a rapidly changing world and pursue a regular and systematic program of life-long learning.
• Recognize the need and demonstrate the ability to utilize consultation with other medical specialists while maintaining continuity of care.
• Share tasks and responsibilities with other health professionals.
• Be aware of the findings of relevant research; understand and critically evaluate this body of research; and apply the results of the research to medical practice.
• Manage his/her practice in a businesslike, cost-effective manner which will provide professional satisfaction and time for a rewarding personal life.
• Serve as an advocate for the patient within the health care system.
• Assess the quality of care that he/she provides and actively pursue measures to correct deficiencies.
• Recognize community resources as an integral part of the health care system; participate in improving the health of the community.
• Inform and counsel patients concerning their health problems, recognizing patient and physician backgrounds, beliefs, and expectations.
• Develop mutually satisfying physician-patient relationships to promote comprehensive problem-identification and solving.
• Use current medical knowledge to identify, evaluate and minimize risks for patient and family.
• Balance potential benefits, costs, and resources in determining appropriate interventions.

Program History

We matched our  first three interns for our incoming class for 2022. We are the ACGME approved Rural Track Program affiliated with the core Family Medicine program in Corvallis, Oregon. The program was started to serve the needs of underserved rural resource limited populations. The program is centered in a  new community owned critical access hospital on the Oregon Coast in Newport. As the only residency program in the hospital, the residency has a unique opportunity to immerse the residents in continuity of care opportunities across populations- pediatrics to geriatrics. Newborn, Obstetrics, inpatient and emergency room, and surgery.