Opportunities Throughout Residency
Scholarship (either with elective time or longitudinal)
- Primary Care research team with Dr. Michael Magill
- PCMH research with Dr. Jones at the Neurobehavior HOME Program
- Shaping own project with faculty sponsorship/mentoring
- Robert Graham Center Visiting Scholar Program in Washington, DC
Organized Medicine
- Utah Academy of Family Physicians (UAFP)
- Board of Directors (one resident member from each residency in the state)
- Committee membership (Legislative, Communications, or Finance Committee)
- Participation in legislative session with Executive Director of UAFP (Maryanne Martindale)
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- Participate in the National Conference for Special Constituencies (NCSC) held every Spring (Kansas City, learn about AAFP policy making process, leadership training, networking)
- Participate in the Family Medicine Congressional Conference every Spring (learn about ways to effectively communicate with representatives, spend a day in Washington, DC lobbying)
- Apply for membership on a national commission (Commissions on: Continuing Professional Development, Education, Finance and Insurance, Governmental Advocacy, Health of the Public/Science, Membership and Member Services, Quality and Practice)
- Board of Directors (one resident member from across the nation)
- Utah Medical Association (UMA)
- Committee membership (multiple committees surrounding legislation, community relations, public health, education, quality, and membership)
- Serve as a delegate to the annual House of Delegates (can represent University of Utah School of Medicine, UAFP, possibly others)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Serve as delegate to resident caucus
- University of Utah School of Medicine/University of Utah Health Care
- Internal committee membership
Third Year (R3) Required Rotations
- Community and Preventive Medicine rotation
Elective Opportunities
- Neurobehavior HOME Program
- Lobbying with UAFP
The following elective possibilities would need to be arranged by the resident with faculty assistance
- Department of Health
- Utah Health Policy Project: “a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to lasting solutions to the crisis of the uninsured and rising health care costs.”
- Health Insight: “a private, non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to improving health and health-care, that is composed of locally governed organizations in Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.”
- Healthy U Medicaid: ACO in state Medicaid program