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Program Overview

What Makes Us Unique?

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Integration of Specialties. The Family Medicine Residency Program is fully integrated with other specialties. Our residents—10 per year—work with interns from OB/GYN, emergency medicine, and pediatrics. R3 residents have supervisory roles in internal medicine, obstetrics, and pediatrics.

Clinical Care. Family medicine residents become the primary care physicians for their own groups of patients. They use a biopsychosocial approach that is less interventional. They learn to balance the disparate styles of inpatient and outpatient care.

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Busy Clinical Sites. We have a university-administered community hospital and two outpatient sites, Highland Family Medicine and the Brown Square Community Health Center.

 

 

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Tracks. Family Medicine residents can take advantage of several tracks and programs. These include the Inner City Family Medicine Track, the Psychosocial Medicine Program, Community Medicine, Obstetrics, the Global Health Track, and the new Political Advocacy and Leadership Track.

Combined Residency with Preventive Medicine. One Family Medicine resident in each incoming class is accepted into the Combined Family Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency. If interested, please inquire when you receive your interview invitation.

Combined residency/fellowship. The program offers opportunities for various departmental fellowships following residency.

Optimized Clinical Training. A resident's schedule allows for 25 to 35% of time in outpatient clinical settings.

Resident Pairing. This custom, all three years, facilitates call-schedule flexibility and enhances outpatient clinical time.

OB Work. Residents gain solid preparation in maternal-child health and extensive inpatient experiences. Residents average more than 60 deliveries in the R1 year. Over 75% of our graduates go on to actively practice OB.

Community Medicine Focus. The program includes a four-week intensive block and ongoing community projects.

Pediatric Training. The program includes three blocks of inpatient; two blocks of pediatric ED; and one block of ambulatory pediatrics.

Our NRMP Numbers

The Family Medicine Residency Program is comprised of three separate National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match numbers:

  • Highland Family Medicine Center (urban) #1511120C0
  • Brown Square Community Health Center (inner city) #1511120C1
  • Combined Family Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency (housed at Highland Family Medicine) #1511120C2

All the inpatient rotations, as well as the didactic elements of the curriculum, are the same for both sites and all three Match numbers.