Program Overview
Summary of Residency Program
The Family and Community Medicine Residency Program offers an ACGME accredited Family Medicine program with two unique tracks: the Alvernon track and South Campus track. This program emphasizes a comprehensive training approach, focusing on diverse and underserved populations, point-of-care ultrasound training, and rural practice experience. With a mission to prepare family physicians dedicated to social justice and health equity, the program aims to cultivate residents' unique identities while equipping them with the necessary skills in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Education role models from diverse backgrounds guide the residents, ensuring well-rounded training.
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Program Details
Specialty
Family Medicine
IMG Friendly (Y/N)
No
IMG Friendly (detail)
The Department of Family and Community Medicine does not explicitly mention its friendliness towards International Medical Graduates (IMGs) or detailed admission criteria related to ICMS. However, it mentions the importance of diversity in its mission, indicating that they may be accepting of candidates from diverse backgrounds.
Categorical Positions
2
Categorical Positions (detail)
One ACGME accredited Family Medicine program with two separate tracks
Program Website
Address
655 N. Alvernon Way, Suite 228, Tucson, Arizona 85711
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Current Residents
Overview
PGY-1 MD
PGY-1 DO
PGY-1 IMG
Curriculum & Education
Overview
The program offers a robust and comprehensive training to enable residents to be proficient in inpatient and outpatient medicine to serve individuals of all ages, focusing on personal growth, community medicine, rural medicine, and refugee care. The curriculum emphasizes training individuals to be competent in a breadth of family medicine practice with diverse educational role models.
Application
Applicants must apply separately to each track using unique ERAS IDs. Specific application deadlines and requirements were not detailed in the text.
# of Locations
Two, corresponding to the two tracks: Alvernon track and South Campus track.
Fellowship
Resident Life
Overview
This residency program has been providing excellence in resident training for more than 40 years and has one ACGME accredited Family Medicine program with two separate tracks: The Alvernon track and the South Campus track. Both tracks offer a 2+2 curriculum, strong inpatient experience, outpatient practices with underserved populations, POCUS training, dedicated refugee clinics, and a Health Care Disparities/Medical Spanish Distinction Track.
On Call Schedule
# of Years of Program
3 years, including required rural rotations for the South Campus track.
Housing
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Alumni
Salary & Benefits
Benefits Overview
Scholarship for underrepresented students.
PGY-1 Salary
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