Charleston Area Medical Center-CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated community-based Family Medicine Residency at Vandalia Health CAMC in Charleston, WV, serving as a regional campus for both WVU School of Medicine and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, reflecting a dual MD/DO training culture. Residents build continuity practice at the CAMC Family Medicine Center (14,000+ patients/year), with graduated half-day office scheduling, a continuity nursing home rotation, and home visits, indicating a strong outpatient continuity-of-care and geriatric/community health emphasis rather than a subspecialty-procedural focus. The sponsoring CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine supports institution-wide scholarly activity through Research Day, an IRB, and the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, so research is embedded as an expected academic activity across all residents rather than an elective add-on. Simulation training at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research supplements clinical exposure, and the program's culture, as described by residents, emphasizes a supportive, low-competition learning environment within a large multi-hospital referral system in Appalachia.