Contents:

• Introduction
• Community Oriented Primary Care
• Program Goals
• Behavioral Science
• Rural Medicine

Introduction

The Family Medicine Residency Program emphasizes the cornerstones of family medicine: providing top-quality, comprehensive health care for patients of all ages, managing patients in an office setting, and promoting health maintenance for families. It is designed to develop the personal and professional skills you need as a family physician.Your clinical training is complemented by academic and research opportunities to give you the confidence and expertise you'll need for your continuing growth within family medicine.

Our residency program works to provide an environment that is rich in resources, role models, encouragement, and guidance and has a distinguished record of graduating excellent family doctors.  Our residents have readily passed their Board examinations and quickly establish themselves as successful practitioners. Approximately half of our graduates have chosen to practice in Vermont; the rest are located throughout the United States.

The University of Vermont College of Medicine (UVM) and Fletcher Allen Health Care (Medical Center Campus) established the residency program in Family Practice in 1974. The Program fulfills all requirements of the American Board of Family Medicine and has been fully approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education since 1975. The Program is at full capacity with eighteen residents.

During the program's first year, you will begin to develop your own office practice. This component of the residency includes managing patients in prepaid health plans, as well as privately insured, Medicare, and Medicaid patients. As you progress through the program, the care of ambulatory patients becomes more and more important. As a family medicine resident, you will also benefit from excellent training on inpatient services in all major specialties, and on inpatient family medicine rotations. Our relationships with other University departments are excellent, and family practice residents are valued by the residents and attending physicians of other services.

The Program has its own dedicated inpatient family medicine service run by residents and family practice faculty.  We are currently receiving federal grant support to teach culturally competent health care and for our maternal-infant care.

The Family Health Center simulates as much as possible the private practice of a group of family physicians. The Center is equipped with computer systems to track a patient's clinical and financial data, as well as your clinical experience. As a resident, you will have ample opportunity to build computer skills and learn office management. In addition, there is a medical library and high speed internet connections with access to Up-to-Date and other sources to provide quick access to the medical literature.

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Community Oriented Primary Care

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Program Goals

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Behavioral Science

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Rural Medicine

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