Graduates are broadly trained to practice in multiple settings. Residency Program established in 1993 with a unique curricula to accentuate ambulatory care throughout the three years. The family medicine residents are the only residents at Swedish Medical Center and care for hospitalized patients on an integrated inpatient service. The University of Colorado Hospital track began in June 1997. Based at University of Colorado Hospital, a quaternary care hospital, affiliated with the medical school, the track emphasizes transcultural and community medicine in a managed care setting with integration of the basic sciences with primary care.
Graduates have special skills in caring for the underserved in a community health center setting.
The Denver Health track based at Denver Health Medical Center and its network of neighborhood health clinics. Residents will become skilled at care of the urban underserved in a culturally sensitive fashion. These objectives are to be accomplished while the DFM demonstrates continued fidelity to its rich heritage of community service and a will to reach out to family physicians and other family medicine training programs in Colorado. The DFM has over forty faculty members working across its tripartite mission. The faculty is the decision making body of the DFM and is charged with determining the direction of the Department.