The St. Paul Family Practice Residency program offers four positions per year for training in family practice. The mission of the Family Practice Program is to train skilled, caring physicians in the continuing care of the entire family, regardless of the eventual practice setting. Through rotations, office practice, and didactic conferences, residents are trained in the art and the science of primary care. To this end, residents participate in rotations at St. Paul, Parkland Memorial Hospital and Clinics, and Children's Medical Center. Sites for rotations are chosen based upon quality and appropriateness of the experience from a family practice perspective.
Residents are welcome on other services by both residents and attending staff of other specialties.
In addition, residents care for their own practice panel in the Family Practice Center, in skilled nursing facilities, and in patients' homes, and for their own hospitalized patients on the family practice teaching service at St. Paul or Children's Medical Center. The overall curriculum is carefully balanced and broad, but some experiences are worth special note. One strong point of the program is the pediatric experience. Residents spend a total of six months on pediatric rotations, three of which are ambulatory, in addition to caring for young patients in the Family Practice Center. Another highlight is obstetrics with a fellowship-trained Obstetrician in the core faculty.