The physician's supervised experience in each of the model units is the heart of the residency program. Faculty backup is always available nights and weekends from Providence, Sea Mar, SIHB, or family practice faculty, and from an obstetric backup group of faculty and outside Family Physicians for deliveries. . Preceptors are always available in the clinic utilizing family practice faculty and guest preceptors - often graduates.
All faculty maintain their own patient panels. .
When a resident's patient is hospitalized, the patient is admitted directly to the appropriate hospital service under the name of the attending Providence, Sea Mar, or SIHB faculty. Informal consultation with other residents, faculty, nurses, OB coordinator, psychiatrist or pharmacist, amplifies the learning experience and forms the backbone of a team approach to patient care. It is within this setting that the physician discovers, learns, tests, and refines the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are the unique province of Family Medicine specialists and where he or she comes to understand the value of interdisciplinary health care. Frequent meetings with faculty are encouraged and quarterly evaluations are done for the residents by their advisors. Yearly evaluations for faculty are done by the residents.