Creighton University School of Medicine- Phoenix Program

Program Identity & Fit

Creighton's Phoenix Family Medicine Residency is a safety-net, community-based program anchored at Valleywise Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center system, with additional inpatient and specialty training at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center and pediatric rotations at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Its identity is built around continuity-based primary care for underserved, diverse urban populations in south central Phoenix, with an explicit mission of training physicians as "personal physicians" through the quadruple aim framework. The program also runs a distinct Rural Track Program with sites in Globe and Nogales, Arizona, offering longitudinal rural immersion, full-spectrum obstetrics/inpatient/outpatient training, and career preparation (loan repayment resources, job search guidance) for rural and border-community practice. Scholarly activity is expected as part of resident development but the program's center of gravity is clinical service, leadership in underserved settings, and community-oriented primary care rather than subspecialty fellowship production.