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Residents Work...

Teaching

Residents have regular opportunities to teach medical students on clinical inpatient services and in the Family Medical Center. While on the Medicine rotations at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center in the second year, residents supervise first year residents and medical students assigned to their service. Additional volunteer teaching opportunities are available if desired. A Chief Resident position is offered as a fourth year position which includes an emphasis on student and resident teaching in the Family Medical Center.

Research

The academic development of Family Medicine is founded on a solid research base. All faculty in the department pursue scholarly activities that complement their clinical practice. The Department of Family Medicine is well known for research in the epidemiology of common medical problems, clinical decision making, maternal and child health services, rural health care, the role of the family physician in health maintenance organizations, and the evaluation and dissemination of clinical guidelines.

...Residents Play

Retreats

The residency holds two retreats each year for R1s and one for R2s. The mornings primarily focus on the first or second year residents and the afternoons are opened up to senior classes as well as significant others and family members. This time is spent getting to know each other and having fun. In past years residents have participated in the planting of over 500 trees and shrubs to restore nearby Magnuson Park, hit the slopes for a ski day, gone on a boat tour, camped out at a faculty member's Puget Sound cabin and competed against fellow residents, faculty and staff in the Annual Family Medical Center Bake-Off.

Residents often get together and enjoy the multitude of activities on hand in the Seattle area such as biking, hiking, skiing and enjoying the multitude of diverse restaurants in town. They also go on ski trips and climbing excursions in the nearby Cascade Mountains. There is no shortage of things to do in the area and no shortage of collegiality amongst residents.