The University of Massachusetts Medical Center, one of five UMass Campuses, includes the University of Massachusetts Medical School, teaching hospital and clinics, and graduate schools of biomedical sciences and nursing. Twenty residency programs and as many Fellowships are available. The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health is proud to sponsor two Family Practice Residency programs, one in Worcester and our sister program in Fitchburg. In addition to Family Practice, the Department has residencies in Preventive Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and a division of Environmental Health.
Opportunities are available for combining residencies.
The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health plays a major role in the undergraduate curriculum, running the first year communication skills course and a required third year family practice clerkship. Our Family Practice Residency combines the rigorous academic teaching offered within a university environment and the community based training provided by our health centers. Within the context of the medical community of Central Massachusetts, we draw upon training experiences from the University and community hospitals which are best able to serve our training needs. Our goal is to train residents to provide primary, continuing, and comprehensive care to families. The Worcester Family Practice program accepted is first residents in 1974, and established model training sites in three separate communities.