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A Warm Welcome from Program Director, Dr. John Gazewood:
Welcome to the University of Virginia Department of Family Medicine Residency Program! (Or at least our web-site.)
I am John Gazewood, and have been the Residency Program Director since January, 2007. I have been a family doc since 1987, when I graduated from Vanderbilt and went to Missouri for my residency. After residency, I practiced full spectrum family medicine for 5 years in a small town in East Tennessee. I caught the "teaching bug" and went back to Missouri where I completed a geriatric and faculty development fellowship. I joined the faculty at UVA in 1997, and along with my wife, 4 children, and assortment of pets are happily ensconced in C'ville.
This is an exciting time for Family Medicine, as the nation has again turned towards reforming our health system. In whatever form that reform takes, it is apparent that Family Medicine will be at its center, with a new model of practice called the Patient-Centered Medical Home. Our program participates in the regional I3 consortium - a learning collaborative with other residencies in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, in order to transform our teaching practice into a Patient-Centered Medical Home. I think this is going to be a great ride, and one that will make for a great learning experience for our residents!
I am very enthusiastic about the team of educators who work with me in the residency. Andy Lockman serves as Associate Program Director, and Karen Maughan and Craig Seto are Assistant Directors. Together with our clinical psychologist, Claudia Allen, we bring over 40 years of combined residency education experience and a lot of devotion and energy to the residency program. We have a great coordinator in Stella Hamman. With this team, and the rest of our faculty, residents, and staff, our vision is to take an excellent residency program and to make it even better.
We are developing some exciting new curricular elements to better prepare our residents to care for patients in a medical home. With the help of a Health Resources and Service Administration training grant, we are using the building blocks of Information Mastery and Behavioral Medicine to develop integrated approaches to challenging patients, including refugees and immigrants, and older patients with multiple medical problems. Drs. Allen and Seto have recently started a Practice Inquiry group for our second and third-year residents that provides emotional support and an opportunity to discuss the challenges of clinical care, and are working to expand our curriculum in resident wellness and professional development.
Many of our residents want to gain added competency in specific areas within Family Medicine. To meet this need, we have implemented optional tracks, including a Women's Health Track, a Maternity Care Track, a Global Health and Leadership Track and a Scholarship and Teaching Track.. We are currently planning tracks in Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Sports Medicine. We continue to offer training in advanced procedures, such as colonoscopy, colposcopy and treadmill training.
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