Core Faculty Family Medicine Physician

Clinical Care & Teaching

• Delivers direct comprehensive outpatient family medicine care, including preventive, acute, and chronic disease management.
• Supervises and precepts residents in the clinic, modeling high-quality care for patients with social determinants of health (SDOH).
• Supervises outpatient procedures (e.g., long-acting reversible contraceptives, endometrial biopsy, skin/nail procedures, joint injections), and manages specific conditions (addiction, lifestyle medicine) as appropriate to the ACGME and the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) requirements.
• Provides patient education and promotes health literacy.
• Maintains concise, legible documentation in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).

Residency Education & Curriculum

• Develops, revises, and oversees assigned curricular areas; reviews curriculum annually.
• Prepares and delivers didactic lectures, leads group discussions (e.g., monthly/bi-monthly lectures, Grand Rounds, orientation) and plans Continuing Medical Education (CME).
• Serves as faculty advisor for assigned residents, meeting regularly and supporting individualized learning plans.
• Provides real-time feedback for residents and conducts competency-based evaluations, including biannual Milestones assessments as required by ACGME.
• Mentors residents on career and educational goals.
• Ensures compliance with ACGME, ABFM, American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP), and FQHC requirements.

Program & Organizational Engagement

• Attends faculty meetings, development sessions, program meetings, and retreats.
• Collaborates with partner institutions and faculty to integrate curriculum across clinical, didactic, and elective experiences.
• Participates in outreach events and community engagement as needed.
• Integrates new ideas, skills, and areas of expertise (e.g., quality improvement, lifestyle medicine, and others).
• Supports the program director in developing and implementing evaluation systems.

Professional Leadership

• Demonstrates punctuality, timely communication, and commitment to shared faculty responsibilities.
• Upholds organizational values, delivers medical care to the underserved community, forms part of the community, and participates in faculty development & organizational initiatives.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and adheres to ethical standards.
• Models high standards of medical care and evidence-based practice for patients and peers, while building leadership skills to mentor residents during their training.

Faculty Commitment

• Dedicates at least 40% of the time (minimum 16 hours/week or 800 hours/year) to the residency program needs (precepting, cosigning, faculty development, fulfilling residency needs and administrative time), exclusive of patient care without residents, as required by ACGME.
• Participates in ongoing professional development and scholarly activities as required by ACGME.
• Monitors resident work hours and fatigue.
• Attends meetings and serves on program/staff committees.
• Supports the mission of Sunset Health and the Family Medicine Residency Program for continuous ACGME accreditation and to graduate Board-Certified Family Medicine Physicians.
• Becomes a member of Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) and AAFP.