Faculty - Family Medicine

(FQHC) that houses the residency's outpatient practice. This program successfully graduated its first class in 2022 and remains one of the only residencies in the state to be completely based in an FQHC. Known as "Cereal City, USA", Battle Creek is a vibrant, diverse, well-resourced area with numerous opportunities for collaboration, as the program develops rich learning experiences for trainees while also demonstrating its commitment to improving community health.

This program joins the established WMed Family Medicine Residency in Kalamazoo. The DFCM is currently led by interim co-chairs who emphasize faculty development, education, seed grants, and supported by generous institutional CME and licensing provisions. The two programs work collaboratively to enhance the education of all students and residents, leveraging the unique talents and offerings of each group to strengthen the department. As a community supported residency with the backing of an academic university program we have the best of both worlds. Our residents are trained to competently practice the full scope of family medicine, including outpatient, inpatient, newborn care and obstetrics to serve the community needs of their future practices. The program is open to supporting leading edge skills and innovation in its faculty.

Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical services through resident supervision and develop a personal patient panel.
• Cover precepting, inpatient, and newborn services; OB is optional.
• Recruitment, supervision, education, and assessment of resident physicians.
• Participate in quality improvement, utilization review, and outcomes management.
• Opportunity to participate and lead in committees and initiatives with our partners.
• Provide high-quality instruction for undergraduate and graduate medical education.
• Other duties as assigned by the Department.

Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree.
• Completion of an accredited residency program.
• Board certification or eligibility by the American Board of Family Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians.
• Eligibility for Michigan license.
• Dedicated commitment to providing a quality educational experience for residents and medical students.
• A sense of adventure and willingness to work as a team player as we continue to excel as a new Family Medicine Residency.

About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)

We are committed to excellence and health equity through transformative medical education, high-quality, patient- and family-centered care, innovative research, and community partnerships within a welcoming, supportive, and engaging culture. Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.

The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems, Beacon and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. WMed is the recipient of a $100 million foundational gift and the Empowering Futures Gift, a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school. WMed contributes to the economic vitality of Southwest Michigan through the services we provide, as well as the creation of 1,600 new jobs, with an estimated annual economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

WMed is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher Learning Commission. The medical school offers a comprehensive, innovative four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program as well as a Master of Science degree program in Biomedical Sciences. We train physicians in 10 residencies and four fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support our educational mission, we have Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek areas. Faculty in the Department of Pathology serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, faculty and administrative offices, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed builds upon Kalamazoo's century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school's advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery.

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Questions and inquiries can be directed to Dr. Michael Busha, Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Family & Community Medicine at mike.busha@wmed.edu or Dr. Lauren Piper, Vice President of Clinical Affairs and Co-Chair, lauren.piper@wmed.edu; qualified applicants should apply online at www.wmed.edu (click on employment) or directly here.