Transcript Accreditation Update & Program Future

January, 2014
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UW Health is an academic health system and
brand (not a separate organization).
These three entities make up UW Health:
◦ UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH)
◦ UW Medical Foundation (UWMF)
◦ UW Hospital and Clinics (UWHC)
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Along with the three major organizations,
UW Health is also home to:
◦ American Family Children’s Hospital
◦ UW Carbone Cancer Center
◦ University Health Care - a joint venture to develop
regional programs and services, and to serve as corporate
owner of Unity Health Insurance
**The UW Carbone Cancer Center and University Health Care
are collaborative entities sponsored by all three UW Health
organizations.
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UW Health also works closely with UW health
sciences schools including the UW School of
Pharmacy and the UW-Madison School of Nursing.
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Composed of more than 1,200 faculty in 11 basic
departments and 15 clinical departments that
include primary care, specialty and subspecialty
areas
Faculty members provide clinical care and engage
in teaching and/or research activities
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Chair – Valerie Gilchrist, MD
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857 employees statewide, including 181 faculty
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FY13 revenue of $100 million
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Administrative offices located at St Mary’s Hospital;
clinical care, residency training, and medical
student education takes place statewide
Ranked the #6 family medicine department in US
News & World Report’s 2014 edition
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The UW Department of Family Medicine (UW-DFM)
is one of the oldest family medicine departments in
the nation, with origins dating back to 1970, when
family medicine was first designated as a medical
specialty.
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History:
◦ 1970: Residency program created (one of the original 15
family practice residency programs in the nation)
◦ 1973: Formally approved as a UW Medical School
department
◦ 1980: Third-year medical student electives in family
medicine first offered
◦ 1983: Research division established
◦ 1990: Physician Assistant Program joins department
◦ 1996: Rural Training Track (RTT) first established
◦ 1998: Merger with Physicians Plus Medical Group added 50
additional faculty
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To accomplish our vision we:
◦ Promote the discovery and dissemination of
knowledge important to teaching, clinical practice
and the organization of healthcare
◦ Work in partnership with individuals, community
organizations and governments to address unmet
primary care needs through education, community
service and contributions to innovation and change
in healthcare delivery systems
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To accomplish our vision we:
◦ Develop and maintain exemplary family medicine
educational programs for medical students, resident
physicians, physician assistants, other allied health
professionals, faculty and practicing physicians that
train healthcare providers for Wisconsin
◦ Provide comprehensive, high quality, cost effective
and humanistic healthcare in our family medicine
clinical education centers through interdisciplinary
cooperation
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The Department of Family Medicine trains
primary care clinicians through our statewide:
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Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE);
Specialty fellowships;
Physician assistant (PA) program;
Faculty development opportunities;
Residency programs
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Medical student education takes place statewide
throughout all four years of medical school
DFM offers a procedures workshop which is open
to all medical students
First and second-year experiences include: Patient,
Doctor and Society Course, Generalist Partners
Program, summer clinical externships, a summer
research and clinical assistantship, and elective
courses
DFM leads the third-year required Primary Care
Clerkship with contributions from Internal Medicine
and Pediatrics
Numerous fourth-year preceptorships and electives
are available
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Large postdoctoral research fellowships train family medicine physicianscientists, with many fellows leveraging training into funded grants
Clinical Fellowships
Academic Fellowship
Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Integrative Medicine Fellowship
Sports Medicine Fellowship
Research Fellowships
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Research Fellowship
Primary Care Research Fellowship
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Family Medicine statewide residency programs (UW and
affiliated) are dually accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education and American
Osteopathic Association
Diverse educational settings offer residents the choice of
rural, urban, suburban, international and underserved
community experiences
In 2013, 38 residents graduated, 63% of whom remained
in Wisconsin
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21 clinics statewide operated in collaboration with
the UW Medical Foundation
◦ 7 residency clinics operated by the UW-DFM;
◦ 14 community and regional clinics operated by the UW
Medical Foundation
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FY13: 435,214 patient visits (288,013 by a
physician, NP, or PA) in clinics; 126,137 unique
patients; 45,345 patient visits at urgent care sites
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Managed by DFM
Locations:
Madison
Upstates
Belleville
Augusta
Northeast
Eau Claire
Wingra
Fox Valley (Appleton)
Verona
◦ Residents also serve as staff at several Milwaukee
clinics and in Wausau
◦ Rural training track in Baraboo
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Managed by UWMF
Locations
Arboretum
Oregon
Cross Plains
Mt. Horeb
DeForest-Windsor
Stoughton
Fitchburg
Sun Prairie
Odana Atrium
Yahara (Monona)
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Managed by UWMF
Locations
Beaver Dam
Fort Atkinson
Cottage Grove
Portage
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The UW PA program, administratively linked
with the DFM, trains students in campusbased and distance Master of Physician
Assistant Studies (MPAS) programs
34 graduated in 2013; of those who are
clinically employed, 45% practice in primary
care, and 48% practice in Wisconsin
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$9.6M in research grant funding in 2013
Areas of focus include alcohol and substance
abuse, complementary/integrative medicine,
translational research, nutrition and obesity
prevention, and upper respiratory diseases
Wisconsin Research and Education Network (WREN)
promotes and conducts research in partnership
with primary care clinicians and communities
UWMF operates clinics throughout Columbia, Dane,
Dodge, Jefferson and Marquette counties
◦ Primary care clinics are organized to act as the practice plan
for UW faculty physicians
 Primary care residency clinics are DFM managed
 Primary care community clinics are UWMF managed
◦ Other clinics include multispecialty sites, substance
abuse/behavioral health, and ambulatory and cosmetic
surgery
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566-bed tertiary care facility
Staff includes UW faculty from a variety of
departments/specialties
UWHC is ranked among the top 50 of the nation's
medical centers by US News and World Report:
America's Best Hospitals 2013
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Within UWHC, there is a 60-bed pediatric hospital
staffed by UW faculty representing 35 pediatric
specialties
UWHC is also made up of more than 85 outpatient
specialty clinics at nine locations
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Oversight and leadership for department
missions: clinical care, education and
research