HCA Florida Healthcare-St. Lucie Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, HCA-affiliated three-year Family Medicine program at a 229-bed hospital on Florida's Treasure Coast, functioning as the sole Family Medicine residency within a 75-mile radius and serving a broad community population through an adjacent full-spectrum outpatient clinic with integrated pediatric, women's health, and behavioral health services. As a primarily unopposed program, residents gain substantial one-on-one exposure to subspecialty attendings, and the curriculum's breadth (community medicine, geriatrics/hospice, dedicated clinical systems research block, procedure clinics) supports both hospital medicine and outpatient primary care pathways as well as fellowship preparation. Scholarly activity is structurally supported through HCA's national research infrastructure, dedicated research staff, and academic affiliations (Nova Southeastern, FSU, KCU), with residents engaging in regional/national presentations and manuscript publication rather than pursuing research as a defining identity. The program emphasizes early individualized faculty mentorship, resident wellness infrastructure, and teaching opportunities with visiting medical students, reflecting a value on community-oriented, well-rounded clinician development over narrow academic or subspecialty pursuit.