What is academic internal medicine?
The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) developed an overarching mission stating that their ultimate goal is to transform health care delivery so it meets the needs of our patients, communities, and society, while providing a meaningful and enjoyable career for all members of the health care team.
Specifically, the mission of academic general internal medicine is to lead excellence, change, and innovation in clinical care, education, and research to achieve health care delivery that:
- Is Comprehensive, technologically advanced and individualized
- Instills trust within a culture of respect
- Is efficient in the use of time, people, and resources
- Is organized and financed to achieve optimal health outcomes
- Maximizes equity
- Continually learns and adapts
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Mission and Goals
Mission
“The mission of the Academic Internal Medicine Center is to apply innovation, collaboration, and infrastructure resources to enhance the Emory Division of General Internal Medicine faculty’s career growth, satisfaction, and effectiveness for the benefit of patients, learners, and the Division as a whole.”
Goals
The goals of the Emory AIM Center frame a set of benefits that encompass each aspect of the entire Internal Medicine healthcare environment, including its providers, the patients served by those providers, and the education and training of learners, such as medical students and residents, and enhancement of excellence in care through innovation informed by research. Specific goals are to:
- Enhance career development, job satisfaction, and AIM Center and DGIM faculty retention.
- Continually improve patient care quality, as well as both patient and provider experience through novel innovation of processes and new technologies
- Integrate AIM Center and Division faculty and learners through shared conferences, quality improvement initiatives, research projects, and smaller “Engagement Groups” focusing on topics of shared interest and relevance.
- Enhance the quality of interprofessional teaching and training for learners, including medical students, residents, and trainees in other professional categories, such as nurse practitioner and physician assistant students, pharmacy residents, and others.
- Enhance and elevate the reputation, quality, and impact of the Division of General Internal Medicine through enhanced support and coordination of research, education, collaboration, and shared infrastructure.
- Promote and reinforce positive modeling of General Internal Medicine as a viable and fulfilling career to help increase the number of primary care providers in the state and region.
Emory AIM Center Leadership
The AIM Center’s leadership team includes the position of Director, Director of Program Operations and Finance, three Assistant Directors, and three Site Leads. The Center’s Director oversees all operations of the AIM Center, including final selection of all other leadership positions, faculty, and staff. The Director also serves as the liaison with the Rollins Family Foundation and other Center donors. Each of the three Assistant Directors oversees a specific AIM Center portfolio (research, education, innovation in clinical operations). Separate Site Leaders are dedicated to overseeing the operation and cohesion of each of the Center’s three clinic sites (the Seavey Clinic, Midtown, and 1525 Clifton).
