To develop the concept of family practice as a unique specialty providing broad primary care skills focusing on the family as a social unit.

To prepare physicians for practice in rural or suburban communities.

To offer experience in obstetrics and emergency medicine to meet the special needs of practice in isolated communities.

To train physicians to work in group practice.

To train physicians to work in the context of a team of consultants and allied health workers.

To provide a system of practice evaluation and continuing education which will serve the changing requirements of family practice.

To train physicians to use medical applications of computer technology.

To demonstrate a model of practice providing optimal care to the patients of the Family Medicine Clinics.