INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN (25748)

REQUIREMENTS

I. ADMINISTRATIVE
A. Serve on Quality Committees
B. Serve on Utilization Review Committees
C. Assist the Program Director in Residency education matters:
1. Serve as faculty advisor
2. Provide resident evaluations
3. Provide structured clinical evaluations
4. Assist in curriculum development
5. Adhere to ACGME Program Requirements for Residency Education in Internal Medicine regarding faculty expectations
D. Participate in the creation of Care Pathways and Disease Management Protocols

II. CLINICAL
A. Inpatient medical attending responsibilities
1. General Medicine wards
2. General Medicine Consult service
3. Participate in On Call rotations
4. Provide direct patient care on resident-uncovered medical service
B. Ambulatory responsibilities
1. Provide Office base, teaching and non-teaching clinic service
2. Provide Post-Discharge clinic service
3. Provide Pre- and Post-Operative evaluations and management

III. MEDICAL EDUCATION
A. Medical students
1. Provide clerkship rotation lectures
2. Supervise student patient care activities
3. Review student patient write-ups (H&Ps)
4. Provide student feedback and evaluations
B. Residents
1. Supervise patient care activities
2. Provide lectures
3. Attend noon conferences as requested
4. Attend Morning Report
5. Attend Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
6. Attend Grand Rounds / Visiting Professor Lectures
7. Assist in selection of Visiting Professors

C. Curriculum
1. Participate in curriculum design
2. Participate in annual departmental curriculum review

IV. SCHOLARLY/ACADEMIC
A. Assist residents and medical students in scholarly activities
B. Develop an academic area of interest/specialty or niche
C. Publish or present at least one abstract or scholarly paper per year
D. Participate in National Societies or Committees pertinent to unique area of interest
E. Establish appointment at the University of Arizona with the assistance of the Academic Chairman