Family Medicine Residency Selection & Career Advising
Program Description

The Department of Family Medicine sponsors and/or administers a number of programs and activities designed to nuture and support students' interest in primary care and the specialty of family medicine. These activities are open to all medical students.

• The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) - activities including journal club, brown bags, quarterly evening forum discussions on student-selected topics

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• FM 501 - an elective preceptorship for 1st & 2nd year students designed to demonstrate how family medicine is practiced in a community setting
  
  
• CHAP (Community Health Advancement Program) - service learning projects for students desiring hands-on experience and a way to serve others
  
  
• R/UOP (Rural/Urban Underserved Opportunities Program) - 4 week elective experience in a rural or urban underserved practice location: summer between the 1st & 2nd years, with sites throughout the WWAMI region
  
  
• Career advising - resources and a variety of workshops and events for students interested in pursuing residency training in family medicine