Physician Assistant Resident or Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Resident

Resident Responsibilities:

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) and the Department of Family Medicine provide an opportunity to expand clinical skills through participation in training programs. The Family Medicine APP training program like other training programs within UIHC is designed to ensure that residents:

• Can provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
• Have the requisite medical knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and cognates (e.g., epidemiological, and social behavioral) sciences and can apply this knowledge to patient care.
• Establish and improve learning skills that involve investigation and evaluation of their own patient care, appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence, and improvement of patient care.
• Develop interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective information exchanges and teaming with patients, their families, and other health professionals.
• Incorporate professionalism, as manifested through a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and a sensitivity to a diverse patient population.
• Demonstrate awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system for health and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.

Residents are expected to:

• Develop a personal program of learning to foster continued professional growth with guidance from the teaching staff.
• Participate fully in the educational activities of the program.
• Evaluate the quality of the education provided by the program and teaching staff.
• Complete all mandatory training modules for UIHC.
• Complete clinical documentation in a timely manner as per program policy.
• Participate in program reviews and accreditation site visits.
• Exhibit behavior at all times that is in compliance with the Bylaws, Rules and Regulations of UIHC, the polices of the Department of Family medicine and the program as well as all state and federal rules, regulations and laws.
• Maintain a valid license to practice in the State of Iowa.

With respect to participation in patient care activities, overall professional training and academic affairs, the resident is responsible to the Program Director of the Department of Family Medicine APP Residency, the members of the clinical staff and UIHC under whose supervision they may serve, and to the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine.