Choosing the right Family Medicine Residency program is a pivotal step in your medical career. At the University at Buffalo (UB), you’ll discover New York State’s largest family medicine residency, offering unparalleled opportunities to tailor your training and achieve your professional aspirations. Our program is designed to empower you, providing a comprehensive and supportive environment where you can truly thrive.
Train Toward Your Goals: Personalized Pathways to Success
We understand that every resident has unique career goals. That’s why our Family Medicine Residency program at UB boasts three distinct training tracks, ensuring you can specialize your learning experience. Beyond these tracks, we offer a dedicated concentration in global health, allowing you to expand your expertise internationally, and opportunities in academic faculty development for those interested in medical education. This extensive range of options means you can precisely align your residency with your desired career path, whether it’s rural practice, urban healthcare, global medicine, or academic leadership. Throughout your chosen track, you will be mentored by our dedicated faculty, who will closely supervise your progress and guide you in managing your own panel of patients, fostering a strong sense of patient ownership and continuity of care.
Hone Your Skills: A Comprehensive Curriculum for Excellence
Our comprehensive curriculum is meticulously designed to equip you with the critical thinking and sound medical decision-making skills essential for a successful career in family medicine. We go beyond rote learning, encouraging you to become an astute and adaptable physician. Our rotations provide cutting-edge training in a wide array of procedures and clinical care areas, ensuring you are proficient in the latest medical advancements. Complementing the practical rotations, our conferences and seminars build a robust foundation for evidence-based family medicine practice and cultivate a commitment to lifelong learning. We are dedicated to your success in board examinations, incorporating thorough board review sessions throughout our didactic curriculum, giving you the confidence and knowledge to excel.
Adapt to Different Clinical Environments: Experience Diverse Practice Settings
Recognizing the diverse landscape of modern healthcare, our residency program is affiliated with a wide network of clinical sites. This includes large academic hospitals, community health centers, neighborhood clinics, and specialized practices. This varied network allows us to tailor your training environment, exposing you to different patient populations and healthcare delivery models. Whether you envision yourself in a bustling urban hospital or a close-knit rural clinic, our program ensures you gain experience in settings that resonate with your future career aspirations. By graduation, you will be adept at navigating the complexities of primary care and confidently succeed in any clinical environment you choose.
Pursue Your Interests: Dedicated Elective Time for Specialization
We believe in fostering individual passions within family medicine. Our curriculum dedicates four and a half months to elective rotations, providing you with significant time to deepen your skills and explore areas of particular interest. This dedicated elective time is a valuable opportunity to refine your expertise, investigate new clinical areas, or even embark on research projects. You can select from our extensive catalog of electives spanning the breadth of family medicine specialties. Alternatively, you can collaborate with our faculty to design a customized elective tailored to your specific career goals, or engage in research to advance medical knowledge in areas you are passionate about.
Launch Your Career: Pathways to Leadership and Impact
Graduates from our program have forged remarkable careers across diverse settings, including private practices, community clinics, hospitals, and academic institutions, both locally, nationally, and internationally. Our alumni network is a testament to the program’s strength, including a former president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, numerous academic chairs leading family medicine departments, CEOs of prominent health maintenance organizations, influential researchers, and specialists in fields like sports medicine, geriatrics, addiction medicine, occupational and emergency medicine. Joining our residency program means joining a legacy of leadership and impactful contributions to healthcare.
Learn from the Best: Mentorship from Leading Experts
Our faculty are not only dedicated educators but also primary health care leaders committed to providing exceptional patient care. They are passionate about sharing their extensive expertise and experience with you, fostering a supportive and enriching learning atmosphere. Many of our faculty are nationally recognized researchers, contributing to advancements in family medicine. Our department is home to its own Primary Care Research Institute, specifically designed to support your scholarly endeavors. The institute provides resources and mentorship to help you develop research projects, publish your findings, present at conferences, and, should you choose, guide you towards a successful academic career.
Live in an Affordable, Vibrant Community: Discover Buffalo, NY
While Buffalo may be known for its snow, it offers a vibrant and engaging lifestyle throughout all four distinct seasons. Beyond the weather, you’ll discover an affordable area with a friendly and welcoming community. Buffalo is known for its neighborly spirit, unpretentious atmosphere, and the spirited loyalty of its residents. Western New York’s beauty, rich heritage, and welcoming environment have a captivating effect on those who come here. Choosing our residency program means not only investing in your medical career but also immersing yourself in a fulfilling and affordable community.
