Training and Educating the Next Leaders in Family Medicine
Family Medicine Medical Education at University Hospitals, in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University, is committed to integrating patient care, teaching and research to prevent disease and promote the health of individuals, families and communities.
The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health offers community residency training programs, third-year curriculum and other innovative electives.
- Medical Student Programs
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Medical students can take advantage of the many resources our family medicine department offers through early clinical experiences with the Community Primary Care Preceptorship program, third-year curriculum and numerous electives.
- Residency Program
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The Department of Family Medicine, in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University, offers the following residency program:
We will not be recruiting for the Family Medicine residency for the upcoming Match. We will continue to train those already in these programs, and we are committed to ensuring all of the currently enrolled trainees successfully complete their training here at UH.
UH remains committed to Family Medicine and graduate medical education. The community Family Medicine residencies will continue at UH St. John and UH Geauga medical centers. Both of these programs have a long-standing emphasis on training in the communities we serve and a remarkable record of success. Family medicine residents from UH St. John and UH Geauga medical centers will have opportunities to rotate to UH Cleveland Medical Center for appropriate tertiary/quaternary services and research activities.
Further, UH Cleveland Medical Center and UH Community Consortium will continue to train more than 1,020 residents every year who will become our physician leaders of tomorrow serving Northeast Ohio.
Award-Winning Department
As a highly ranked department by U.S. News & World Report and by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we take tremendous pride in educating a new generation of family physicians and providing stellar medical care to patients. Our research division explores emerging issues focused on improving care and clinician-patient communication.
Dedication and Innovation
Our dedicated work within the Cleveland community provides our students and residents with a unique perspective on urban health. We believe that everyone deserves an equal chance to live a healthy life. And it's at the intersection of public health and primary care where true transformation and healing will take place.
Training is Our Mission
We are also committed as a department to being an innovator in research, improving primary health care delivery, and preventive services. Our mission is to train family physicians with a passion for caring for patients where the need is greatest, through the following ways:
- Advocacy
- Excellence in clinical care
- Understanding of population health
Health Services Research
The research focus of the department is on health services research broadly and in implementation science more specifically. Several department faculty members are leaders in research in cancer prevention and cardiovascular risk reduction. Our research focus is consistent with our broader department mission and is completely aligned with the challenges and opportunities family physicians face in the communities they serve.