Table 1.

General Internal Medicine Clinical Standards for 1 Full-Time Equivalent Salary

I. Clinical requirements

• Complete 45 weeks of clinic a year (make-up sessions if necessary)

• Achieve required visit quota of 3 h of clinic visits per half-day session

• Reach 85 % ±10 % benchmark RVUs

• Achieve weighted panel size of 1800–2000

• Complete documentation of clinic visits and billing within 72-h institutional guideline

• Manage electronic health record tasks per institutional standards (release results to patient portal within 4 days and answer phone or electronic messages the same day)

• Participate in individual and clinic team-based quality improvement

II. Citizenship requirements

• Attend 6 division meetings per year

• Attend 6 to 8 GIM division Grand Rounds per year

• Present at GIM division Grand Rounds at least every other year

• Participate in 2 citizenship activities per year (e.g., committees, recruitment, task forces)

RVU relative value unit, GIM general internal medicine