Intermountain Health-McKay-Dee Hospital Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

McKay-Dee Family Medicine Residency is Utah's oldest family medicine program, a community-based, unopposed three-year training site anchored at McKay-Dee Hospital and the newly rebuilt Porter Family Medicine continuity clinic in Ogden. Its curriculum is built around full-spectrum generalist competency—hospital medicine, surgical obstetrics including C-sections, sports medicine, point-of-care ultrasound, and wilderness medicine—supplemented by community-based rotations at an FQHC, a ski clinic, a university athlete clinic, and a volunteer clinic, reflecting a strong underserved and community-medicine orientation. Research is not emphasized as a defining pillar; the identity centers instead on broad procedural and clinical autonomy without competing residency programs, preparing graduates for practice in "virtually any clinical environment." Graduate outcomes lean toward community practice, continued affiliation with Intermountain Health, and select fellowships (Sports Medicine, OB, Palliative Care, Faculty Development), signaling a program that values versatile, community-oriented generalists over research-track applicants.