Program Highlights
Full spectrum FM training at community based hospital supporting 3 family medicine residencies. Opportunity to work alongside Swedish OB/GYN, surgery and podiatry residents.
Broad spectrum training for community engagement including medical assisted therapy, gender-affirming care, procedural skills, inpatient medicine, obstetrics and reproductive training.
Committed to resident involvement and ownership - entire curriculum reviewed and modified regularly by residents and faculty.
Residency-wide work-free weekend retreat each spring on the Olympic Peninsula and protected resident-only retreats in the R1, R2 and R3 years.
Program-wide emphasis on community involvement and leadership, with many residents, faculty and grads who are leaders in the community.
Front-loaded curriculum and family-supportive residency that is well-known for fun learning environment and residents and faculty who value humane residency training and life balance.
Opportunities to serve urban underserved patients at all three clinic sites.
Opportunities for teaching medical students during their family medicine and sub-I rotations.
Family Medicine Service with adult, pediatric and OB admissions attended by family medicine faculty.
High quality teaching by OB and Geriatric Fellows.
Specialty focus on Geriatrics, including nursing home and assisted living care, hospice/palliative care and multidisciplinary geriatric training.
ICU care of patients incorporated into regular FMS rotation throughout all 3 years of training.
Procedure training, including colposcopy, circumcisions, joint injections, para/thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, skin excisions, etc.
R3 research and presentations at day-long community conference, opportunities for research and publishing articles, in collaboration with faculty, throughout residency.
Location in Seattle with easy access to hiking, skiing, boating, independent film, vibrant theater, food, and music scene.