Family Medicine Residency Program

Program Director: Jeremy Fischer, D.O., FACOFP

Program highlights

The Henry Ford Macomb Family Medicine Residency is a 3 year, ACGME accredited program that offers four residency positions per year.

Henry Ford Health Seville Family Medicine is the dedicated Continuity Clinic for the residency program and is located in close proximity to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. Henry Ford Macomb facilities include 361 inpatient beds, a level II trauma center ED, new surgical center, and affiliated in-patient psychiatric facilities. Residents are exposed to diverse patient populations, training both in smaller community settings as well as tertiary education centers, including Henry Ford Main campus, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, and Harper-Hutzel Hospital.

Other program highlights include:

• High patient volume and acuity in the continuity clinic provides an excellent learning opportunity.
• Monthly educational days provided by the MSUCOM GME Alliance.
• Regular procedure workshops
• Residency research support provided.
• Basic cardiac life support and advanced cardiac life support every two years
• Weekly protected didactic sessions
• Journal club
• OMT workshop
• Pharmacology review
• One-on-one billing and coding review
• Practice management and financial planning seminars
• Family medicine morbidity and mortality case review

Mission statement:

The mission of the Henry Ford Macomb Family Medicine Residency program is to improve the health of adults and children in the southeast Michigan community. The program will prepare physicians to enter practice with an outpatientfocus. The program concentrates on high quality care and evidence-based medicine. We prepare graduates on how to practice in a patient-centered medical home and responsible use of medical resources. Our program prepares its graduates to be proficient in Osteopathic principals and practice.

Aims:

Residents will be able to demonstrate management of the full range of problems in family medicine. They will be able to use the electronic record, document appropriately, manage their communications with patients. They will be competent with the care of adults and children. They will be able to critically appraise medical evidence and use point of care resources that are evidence-based. Residents will be able to understand quality metrics and proper billing practices. Residents will demonstrate Osteopathic principles in patient care in both a holistic approach to the patient and manipulation.