Training
We teach the Family Medicine physicians of tomorrow. We offer excellent training in a premier academic medical center in the state’s capital city, along with outstanding rotations at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital. Our residents enjoy superior training that includes procedures (dermatological, musculoskeletal, and more), and psychosocial development.
High Quality, Flexible Education
Residents pose outside the Family Medical Center
The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine offers a high quality educational program with exceptional flexibility. Required rotations provide training in major clinical disciplines. Elective time allows you to pursue areas of special interest such as research, medical informatics, prevention, obstetrics, and more.
As a resident, you will have opportunities to interact with and teach medical students. The environment of scholarship and educational teamwork facilitates your development as a family physician. Residents in Family Medicine also participate in formal educational experiences in area nursing homes and health department clinics. The primary goal of the program is to produce physicians who embody the unique knowledge, skills and attitudes of the specialty of Family Medicine.
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Residency News
Family Medicine Resident Wins Prestigious NIH Travel Grant, Sees Future in Health Policy
COVID-19 really made Alexa Martin, M.D., a third-year resident in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, see the “big picture.”
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DFPM and COM Awarded $4.66 Million Grant from HRSA
HRSA, the Health Resources and Services Administration agency in the US Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded a $4.66 million grant designed to increase the number of primary care physicians in underserved communities in Arkansas. The director of the project is Christopher T. Westfall, M.D., FACS (UAMS Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of […]
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Robust Family Medicine Research, Strong Residency Highlighted at Poster Day
By Amy Widner Great things are happening in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, with a recent research poster day as just the latest sign of the department’s “good health.” The poster session featured 35 posters, including 20 projects by residents. Topics included residency administration and education, ethics, case reports, improvements in […]
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100% of Graduating Residents Passed their Boards in the First Attempt
For the sixth consecutive year, all of the graduating family medicine residents in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine passed their American Board for Family Medicine exams in their first attempt. This 100% rate is unmatched in other Arkansas family medicine programs and is unsurpassed in the nation. The residents took the exam in […]
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