P4: Preparing the personal Physician for Practice @ TransforMED

P⁴ : Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice

Also known as P to the fourth power, P⁴ is a six-year project to inspire and examine substantial innovation focused on changing the way family physicians are trained to practice medicine.

"Today's family medicine residency directors acknowledge that new training approaches are essential to ensure family physicians are prepared to embrace new technologies and implement the characteristics of a personal medical home."

Larry Green, M.D.
Co-chair of the P⁴ steering committee

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The P⁴ Residency Demonstration Initiative is a collaborative effort led by the P⁴ Steering Committee in collaboration with the Association of Family Medicine Residency Program Directors, the American Board of Family Medicine, and TransforMED, a practice redesign initiative of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

The P⁴ initiative has the potential to inspire considerable changes in the content and structure of family medicine training.

Findings from the project are expected to guide future revisions in accreditation and content to ensure America’s future family doctors are proficient in using the most up-to-date tools and technologies to provide superior patient care.

A Call for Proposals seeking innovations in family medicine graduate medical education was announced in the Fall of 2006. In February 2007 the selected Residency Demonstration Project participants were announced.

P⁴ Selected Residency Programs

Baylor HCHD Family Medicine Residency Program
Houston, Texas
Residency director: Jane E. Corboy, M.D.

Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Residency director: Gordon Baustian, M.D.

Christiana Care Health System Family Medicine Residency Program
Wilmington, Delaware
Residency director: Jennifer Naticchia, M.D.

Hendersonville Family Practice Residency Program
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Residency director: Steven Crane, M.D.

John Peter Smith Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program
Fort Worth, Texas
Residency director: Daniel Casey, M.D.

Lehigh Valley Family Medicine Program
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Residency director: Julie A. Dostal, M.D.

Loma Linda Family Medicine Residency
Loma Linda, California
Residency director: Jamie Osborn, M.D.

Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program
Middletown, Connecticut
Residency director: Michael Stehney, M.D., MPH

Tufts University Family Medicine Residency
Malden, Massachusetts
Residency director: Joseph W. Gravel, Jr., M.D.

University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency
Denver, Colorado
Residency director: Daniel Burke, M.D.

University of Missouri–Columbia Family Medicine Residency
Columbia, Missouri
Residency director: Erika Ringdahl, M.D.

University of Rochester Family Medicine Residency Program
Rochester, New York
Residency director: Stephen Schultz, M.D.

Waukesha Family Medicine Residency Program
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Residency director: Michael F. Mazzone, M.D.

West Virgina University Rural Family Medicine Program
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Residency director: David A. Baltierra, M.D.

P4 : Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice

P⁴ : Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice