Most of these sites are in rural areas and students are encourages to choose sites near their home.
All available sites involve delivery of primary care services.
Application information is disseminated through the Family Medicine Interest Group meeting in November or December, but applications can also be picked up in December. Students are divided into Block groups, generally eight students to a block. Each Block rotation is divided into two four-week segments. Then half of the students leave for their training at a rural, off-site location while the other half stays in the Department of Family Medicine. At the mid-cycle point,all students gather for their final exam.