However, the patient care activities provide the defining structure as the Fairview Clinic must be staffed for optimal patient care. The Fairview Clinic has morning and afternoon patient care sessions Monday-Friday. Each internist has from 6-8 clinic sessions per week. The clinic sessions are four hours in length with 3 hours scheduled for patients. Call for the clinic patients is on an average of once every six weeks which includes making weekend rounds for the hospitalist service.
Faculty members have responsibility for attending to one resident continuity clinic per week.
One half day is scheduled open so that administrative and scholarly activities can be pursued. The faculty benefits include one-month vacation per year, one week for CME activities and a stipend for CME activities. The responsibilities of the academic general internists at this institution will continue to evolve, as the enterprise becomes more adept at capitalizing on their skills, and as the needs of the institution change. New opportunities for grant funding in other areas. A greater role in the educational mission of the Department of Medicine a nd the medical school.