Mission

The Michigan State University Department of Family Medicine functions as a collaborative network with the following purposes:

• Training physicians who will provide quality, compassionate, cost-effective primary care.
• Providing patient care in settings characterized by excellence and innovation.
• Conducting community-based research.
• Advancing knowledge relevant to primary care and medical education.
• Advocating the ideals of family medicine to students, residents, and the community.
• Serving the people.