Department of Family & Preventive Medicine

This Department was created in 1970 to address the need for primary care health care providers, especially in rural Utah. Since then, we have grown into a multidisciplinary department that educates a wide spectrum of primary care and public health professionals. Our active research programs work to discover new knowledge about causes of disease and about how to improve health care for populations and individuals.

Vision

Our Vision is that the health of Utahns will be measurably improved by the work of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine will help improve health of populations by integrating the disciplines of public health and personal health care services.

Mission

Our Mission is to: 1) understand the priority personal and preventive health care needs of individuals and populations, and 2) develop services and train health professionals to meet these needs.

The department offers a broad-based curriculum to medical students, residents, and physicians across the country and provides health education and clinical care to the underserved community.