We train Family Physicians to:

• Provide comprehensive, team-based care for patients with a broad range of medical conditions across the spectrum of acute illness, chronic illness and preventive health planning.
• Use evidence-based, patient-centered, cost-conscious decision-making for diagnosis, treatment and management of patients.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams within the Patient-Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH) in rural and underserved areas of Oregon and across the Pacific Northwest.
• Communicate efficiently, compassionately, empathetically, and delicately during patient, family and community encounters.
• Use cutting-edge technology, such as telemedicine, and other innovative tools to provide the best possible care for their patients.
• Be culturally competent to serve diverse populations in rural communities.
• Be effective and efficient lifelong learners, striving to understand our diverse, ever-changing population of patients.
• Be knowledgeable in the prevention and treatment of substance and opioid abuse, and be trained in Medication–Assisted Therapy (MAT).
• Learn to use Lifestyle Medicine, evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic intervention—including a whole-food eating pattern, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connection—as a method to prevent, and treat chronic disease.