We Are a P⁴ (Preparing Personal Physicians for Practice) Project Site

What is P⁴?

• National effort with 14 residency programs participating
• Its goal is to develop a new approach to training Family Medicine residents for practicing in the 21^st century
• Curricular innovations are developed and implemented to prepare residents to work in the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
• Many models for a new curriculum are being tested
• Learn more about the national P4 project

Our P⁴ Project

• Our curriculum is reorganized but remains three years in length
• First year rotations are preceded by three Skill Building Block (SBB)/Family Medicine Intensives that are three to four weeks in length. SBBs focus on preparing residents for upcoming hospital rotations and introduce the PCMH.
• Three months in the PGY2 are dedicated to developing PCMH skills
• Four areas of curricular emphasis
  • Developing mastery in health behavior change counseling
  • Community advocacy
  • Information management and evidence-based medicine
  • Using the Chronic Care Model approach to caring for patients in the outpatient practices
• Expanding outpatient practice time and fixed practice days during the second half of residency
• Active involvement in transforming the residency's practices into Patient-Centered Medical Homes

What P⁴ Adds to Our Residency

• A curriculum designed to prepare residents for the new 21^st century primary care practice
• A learning community where faculty and residents learn from each other
• A chance to shape the future of Family Medicine residency education
• Skills for building and working with health care teams
• Opportunities to learn how to maximize the use of information technology to deliver high quality, patient-centered care
• Integration of practice-based care with community resources