Campbell University-Sampson Regional Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, unopposed community-based family medicine residency in rural Clinton, NC, sponsored by Campbell University's osteopathic school (CUSOM) and housed at an independent 146-bed county hospital. With only four residents per class, the program emphasizes hands-on procedural autonomy (POCUS in MSK and OB, dermatology, orthopedic and women's health procedures), continuity-of-care pod clinics, and direct one-on-one faculty mentorship rather than research output. Graduates predominantly remain in North Carolina, entering outpatient family medicine, hospitalist roles, or emergency medicine, reflecting a program built to produce broad-scope community physicians who can manage complex patients independently rather than subspecialize. The unopposed structure and rural, tight-knit hospital culture signal that the program values residents drawn to small-town, relationship-based practice over tertiary academic prestige.