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The Department of Family, Community, and Preventive Medicine (FCPM) educates students and residents in the broad field of primary care, with emphasis on patient and population health and the professional skills essential for transforming health and health care in our communities. We provide comprehensive clinical training in the specialty of Family Medicine for both medical students and residents.
The FCPM clerkship is among the highest rated clerkship experiences and provides patient care experiences across multiple diverse clinical teaching sites. Our faculty members provide instruction in critical evaluation of medical literature and evidence-based practice. The department faculty are engaged in primary care curriculum innovation, which includes multiple primary care programs of distinction and opportunities for all students to hone their skills in public health, population health research and intervention, community service, health advocacy, and rural health.
The U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix supports three Family Medicine Residencies, the original Banner University Phoenix Family Medicine Residency, the Banner University Payson Rural Training Program, and the Banner Desert Family Medicine Residency. The Phoenix Family Medicine Residency is the oldest Family Medicine program in the state, and has graduated over 300 Family Physicians in 50+ years.
In addition to residency education, the department sponsors the Banner University Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, the Addiction Medicine Fellowship. We have a newly developing Maternal-Child Health Fellowship, providing advanced obstetrical training, and a Community Medicine Fellowship, in partnership with the Wesley Community Health Center. The department is assisting with the launch of a new Headache fellowship, in partnership with the Neurology Department.
Our primary care clinical practices at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix provide direct patient care to our incredible Phoenix communities and allow opportunities for research and innovation around the primary care model. The faculty are state leaders integrating chronic care and team-based care models, including social determinants of health screening and integration, and integrating care teams that include pharmacy, social work, behavioral health, nutrition, NP and PA providers, RN navigators, and dedicated population health support staff. The family medicine clinical faculty role-model full spectrum Family Medicine, including maternity and newborn care, geriatric care, and inpatient medicine services for the patients.
Our research division has been on the fast development track. The department has a research strategic plan that integrates several focus areas, selected for the greatest relevance and need in the community. Our research efforts are in partnership with Banner Health, the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, our University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson colleagues, our CTSA partners at the University of New Mexico, and through the developing DESERT practice-based research network.
The family medicine department has over 250 talented faculty members, distributed across the state of Arizona, with a diverse array of skills, abilities and clinical practices. We aspire to keep these valued members of our department engaged in shaping the future of primary care in the state. We provide opportunities through the faculty development fellowship every two years. We provide department updates via our annual report and the newly launched podcast. Faculty can join our research network, attend our co-sponsored Arizona Academic Family Medicine Innovation Conference, and engage in any of our new and established programs. It takes a team to build primary care for the future of Arizona.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine will promote access to patient-centered primary care for all Arizonans. We will create innovative and interprofessional approaches to patient care. We will advocate for healthy communities. We will be National leaders in understanding and addressing social determinants of health and health disparities.
We teach patient-centered, evidence-based family medicine. We improve the health of individuals and families in Arizona through education, advocacy, research, service and compassionate patient care for our communities.
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