The University of Minnesota/St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency program offers a three-year residency in Family Medicine. The program has been in existence since 1996 and focuses on developing caring, competent physicians for primary care practice in communities of the Midwest.

This 4/4/4 program (although we took a fifth PGY-1 resident for 2007-2008) is St. Cloud Hospital's only residency program. The program's academic sponsor is the University of Minnesota Medical School. For the second consecutive time, our program recently received full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for a period of five years. Five years is the longest accreditation period granted from the ACGME.

The University of Minnesota/St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program provides:

• A comprehensive education for family physicians, including the skills needed to practice in rural communities.
• Instruction in family-oriented primary care emphasizing patient-centered medicine.
• Procedural training that will enable you to care for the type of problems seen most often in rural settings.
• A supportive environment with a well-rounded and diverse faculty.
• An opportunity to develop lifelong learning skills to help you continue to provide quality care throughout your practice.
• High faculty-resident ratio (1:2).
• Teaching by physician faculty who, on the average, have greater than 18 years of practice experience as family physicians.
• 55% of our graduates are practicing in small communities in the Midwest, with others in various locations throughout the country.
• Strong commitment and financial support from the sponsoring community hospital.
• Fully integrated Electronic Medical Record (both clinic and hospital)