University of Michigan Family Medicine

The primary purpose of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan is to:
Mission:
Increase the availability of quality primary health care to residents of the United States through the advancement and demonstration of the principles of family medicine as an academic discipline.

They are leaders in Family Medicine, who transform primary care and optimize health for communities and people at all stages of life.They accomplish this through compassionate relationship-based care, exemplary teaching, cutting-edge research, and promotion of health equity.

The core values and principles which will guide the Department in the fulfillment of this mission are:
• Relationships which respect diversity and foster collegiality.
• Integration of biomedical, humanistic and psychosocial principles in teaching, research and patient care.
• Commitment to the principles and practices of continuous quality improvement.
• Collaboration with other specialties and organizations in the pursuit of common goals.
• Advocacy for quality of life for all members of the Department.
• Responsiveness to unmet societal and community needs.