Family practice is a medical career that offers physicians diversity and flexibility.
It provides significant opportunities while allowing you to be the kind of physician you want to be. For students and residents considering family practice, Pennsylvania offers 8 medical schools and 35 FP residencies in rural, suburban and urban communities across Pennsylvania. Our programs and our communities offer something for everyone. Medical school family practice department chairs and residency program directors work closely with the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians to advance family medicine and medical education in Pennsylvania. Our students and residents are very involved, serving on committees and representing future family physicians in the Academy's House of Delegates.