Residents well suited to our clinic are:
- team players who share our values - integrity, excellence, relationships and innovation
- open to learning primarily through high volume practice and bedside teaching
- interested in learning about a unique and effective funding model that benefits patients and creates value for our health system
- open to learning about working within an interdisciplinary health care team
- creative thinkers who can bring and test innovative ideas for quality improvement initiatives
Overview
Crowfoot Village Family Practice (CVFP) is a publicly funded health home in northwest Calgary providing comprehensive, longitudinal care to over 25,000 Albertans. Our interdisciplinary team includes family physicians, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, registered nurses, medical office assistants and administrative staff. With support from the Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network, we work alongside pharmacists, health management nurses, behavioural health consultants and respiratory therapists to deliver integrated, community-based care.
CVFP has been funded under a unique model for over two decades. Alberta Health pays us differently than most physicians. Typically, when a family physician provides care for a patient, they bill Alberta Health a fee for that visit, and for each time they see that patient; fee for service.
At CVFP, when a patient chooses to join our practice, Alberta Health pays us an annual fee to provide care for that patient, no matter how often we see them for a visit. Our funding is unique to CVFP and is the foundation of our Health Home, improving patient experience and creating value for our health system (Health Quality Council of Alberta, Case Study Evaluation, 2019).
Learning Environment
CVFP embodies the principles of a Patient's Medical Home with a focus on team-based, coordinated, and family- and patient-centered primary care. We are a leader in team-based care in Canada and our learners are integral to that, building skills to work with the full
scope of our providers for each patient and family we care for. Our patients, ranging from newborn to elderly, feel comfortable accessing care for a wide range of health needs, from preventative care and health advice to managing chronic conditions and addressing acute illnesses. Multiple procedures are completed every week due to the size of our clinic and the scope of our providers, broadening training access and exposure. We consider patients to be an important partner in our learning environment. “As one of the postgraduate residency directors, I am extremely grateful to every patient who had one of our residents deliver their baby, help their children with ADHD or sports injuries all the way through to those with arthritic knees willing to let a new doctor do their first injection under our guidance,” says CVFP family physician and teaching lead Dr. Ian Johnston.