Faculty Physician - Associate Program Director

At Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.

Junior Family Medicine Faculty Physician

At Central Maine Healthcare, we are changing the face of healthcare in Maine by providing exceptional quality and accessible care to our patients; where they are and when they need it. We recognize the need to be where our patients are; closer to their communities and offering high quality care through innovative channels. To meet the unique needs of our patient population, we have implemented tele-health and opened Maine Urgent Care and Ambulatory surgical centers within our communities. Our clinical affiliation with Mass General Hospital in Boston provides our community with the most innovative and current treatments available without having to leave Maine. As we continue to expand our services, one thing remains unchanged: our commitment to providing the best healthcare to the region’s residents. Our physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses and staff are committed to providing patients with the quality medical care they deserve!

Central Maine Healthcare is seeking a Junior Faculty Physician to join the Family Medicine Residency (FMR). The Junior Faculty role is designed to provide recent family medicine graduates interested in a career in academic medicine with increased clinical and academic experience in preparation for a full faculty position. Applicants must be interested in a community-based practice serving rural and underserved populations.

Clinical Responsibilities:
• Four half-days per week of direct patient care in our family medicine residency clinics
• Rotating weeks as inpatient attending on family medicine teaching service (FMTS) with a faculty mentor
• Limited attending call (1-2 times per month)
• Additional clinical opportunities proposed by junior faculty to further individual educational interests (e.g. inpatient/hospital shifts, palliative care, women’s health, geriatrics, etc.)

Educational Responsibilities:
• Program supported participation in the Residency Faculty Fundamentals Program provided by the STFM
• Attend at least two MITE (MMC Institute for Teaching Excellence) sessions
• One half-day per week precepting residents in our FMR clinics
• Participation in faculty meetings and ACGME required program committees (CCC, PEC, Curriculum)
• Manage the residents as teachers curriculum
• Support the planning and implementation of longitudinal didactics
• Lead a minimum of six didactics lectures per year
• Inpatient teaching as described above on FMTS in addition to preparing senior residents on the hospitalist teaching service (IMTS) with clinical oversight and feedback skills review
• Support medical student education by providing education in clinic/hospital and collaborating with the Medical Student Faculty director with feedback and evaluation of students
• Co-advise one first year resident with a faculty member, with the expectation to fully take on the advisor role in the following year

Scholarship:
• Design and implement a presentable, publishable scholarly project with assistance from a mentor. Projects may be a research study answering a clinical or educational question, curriculum design and/or evaluation, or innovative teaching methods. Submit project(s) to at least one regional or national conference
• Meet with project advisor monthly during the year
• Attend professional meetings which may include Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, NAPCRAG, AAFP, among others.

Leadership:
• Participate in at least one CMHC system level committee of interest
• Pursue advocacy interests and share learning with residents
• Participate in health policy activities through the American Association of Family Physicians Policy Center and other programs.
• Be involved with academic organizations such as the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the state and county medical society, or the American Academy of Family Physicians to engage in learning related to leadership in academic or physician organizations

About the Residency:
• 7-7-7 ACGME-accredited program with osteopathic recognition and rural track
• Two primary clinical sites, in Lewiston on CMMC’s main campus and in Rumford, where our rural track is located
• Medical school partnerships with University of New England, University of Vermont, Boston University, and Tufts University
• Partnership with Bates College, running their student health center
• Integrative medicine, osteopathic manipulative medicine, and wilderness medicine programs
• Level 3 NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home, Level II trauma center with Life Flight
• Engaged, welcoming, and collaborative faculty group

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
• Primary care providers at Centra