Clinics & Hospitals
Residents in Family Medicine at the University of Utah experience a unique combination of training sites and a variety of experiences and populations. Training sites include University community clinics, FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers), and other urban under-resourced clinics, local community hospitals, and tertiary care centers.
Resident Clinics
Busy resident continuity practices provide full-scope family medicine services. Residents practice at one of three main continuity clinics and are supervised by dedicated and skilled faculty at each clinical site. Each clinic serves a variety of patient populations such as former refugees, people with disabilities, Medicare and Medicaid, privately insured, socioeconomically disadvantaged, mental health patients, non-English speakers, LGBTQ+ populations, and those needing treatment for addiction, hepatitis C, or HIV PrEP. On-site clinical support teams include pharmacists, psychologists, nutritionists, and care managers. Each clinic also has radiology and pharmacy services on site, and utilizes the Epic EMR (electronic medical record). Residents are provided additional opportunities with a secondary longitudinal clinic experience in another community, to further develop individual interests with specific populations such as pediatrics, obstetrics, Spanish-speaking patients, and the under-resourced.
Madsen Health Center
Centerville Health Center
Sugar House Health Center
Hospitals
University of Utah Hospital
The University Hospital provides three key rotations for our residents. These include the medical intensive care unit, obstetrics, and the newborn nursery. Residents are exposed to both low-risk deliveries and normal newborn care, as well as getting significant exposure and training with high-risk conditions. Teaching faculty in these settings include family medicine attendings, obstetrical and perinatal faculty, pulmonologist intensivists, and the pediatric faculty. Residents work alongside internal medicine residents, obstetric residents, and pediatric residents in these rotations.
Primary Children’s Hospital
Pediatric rotations take place at Primary Children's Hospital (PCH), which is located adjacent the University Hospital, and connected by a pedestrian skybridge. As the pediatric referral hospital for the Intermountain West, Primary Children's offers an unparalleled experience for residents in the pediatric emergency department, inpatient units, and outpatient specialty clinics. Residents rotate through an inpatient service that is comprised of all family medicine residents, led by a pediatric team senior. Residents obtain experience with a high volume of pediatric patients with varied conditions on all services.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)
The VAMC of Salt Lake City is a major affiliate of the University of Utah School of Medicine, training over 500 residents, interns, and students each year. The VAMC is about one-half mile from the University Hospital. Family medicine residents obtain training within the VAMC system for dermatology, and have the opportunity to choose among multiple specialty outpatient rotations here.