Rating Family Medicine Programs

[wadigga33]

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Hi. I am interested in Family Medicine but dont really know which programs are good and which arent. Can someone give a short list of some programs that they would recommend? I saw a list of programs that included good universities but the location was at a satellite location and not at the main hospital, is that common for FM? Any info would be great, thank you.

 

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Can someone give a short list of some programs that they would recommend?

U.S. News supposedly ranks family medicine programs (so says the Web site, although I couldn't find any specifics), but it's probably as useless as any other list you're likely to find, like the one on Scutwork.com (which, interestingly, includes the program I went to). It's all subjective.

It also depends on what you're looking for. Do you want a hospital-based program? Community-based? Opposed or unopposed? OB-heavy? Procedure-heavy? Big or small? What part of the country? Big city? Rural? Interested in a fellowship afterward? Etc.

Talk with people at your school's family medicine department or at any FM residency programs nearby. They can often be very helpful.