Residents at the University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency rotate at two of the region's premier teaching hospitals, the University of Colorado Hospital and Denver Health Medical Center . Through the residency's association with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, residents are part of a dynamic, innovative community that is at the forefront of helping to define the future of Family Medicine. Residents have tremendous opportunities for developing leadership and pursuing scholarly activities.
The residency offers two tracks: The University Track (6-6-6) and the Denver Health Track (4-4-4). The tracks utilize different continuity clinic sites and care for unique patient populations. Apart from these differences, the tracks use the same educational sites and have 22 months of rotations in common.
Embracing the Future
The University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency is committed to defining and creating the future of Family Medicine. We seek to be a leader in demonstrating what it means to be a caring, effective Family Medicine physician in the 21st century. We do this while maintaining a supportive, caring learning environment, with a focus on each individual resident's learning needs.
The residency program is a site for the national Preparing Personal Physicians for Practice (P4 ) project. We have developed a new Family Medicine residency curriculum which builds on a strong base of high quality clinical teaching.
Our curriculum emphasizes teaching residents effective skills in:
Health Behavior Change Counseling
Comprehensive Care Management
Community Integration and Leadership
We have devised new curriculum to teach residents the concepts and skills required to build and work effectively in a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The PCMH is now considered the future model for Family Medicine care and is the focus of many national and state demonstration projects.
We have also introduced a novel strategy for preparing residents with core skills prior to their hospital-based intern rotations though the use of three Family Medicine Intensive teaching months in the PGY 1 year. Through these approaches residents will receive more personal teaching focused on the skills that are needed to care for patients in the rotations that follow them.
To learn more about the P4 project, see To learn more about the P4 project, see P4 : Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice.