Mountain States Institute for GME and Research Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a new, unopposed community-based Family Medicine residency at a 100-bed hospital in Nampa, Idaho, built explicitly for full-spectrum, independent practice in underserved, rural, and critical-access settings rather than for subspecialization. Training is delivered by a faculty of family physicians who themselves practice obstetrics, inpatient medicine, critical care, and outpatient longitudinal care, supplemented by rotations at Baker City (rural Oregon), Primary Children's Hospital (Level 1 pediatric trauma), and Terry Reilly Health Services (FQHC), reflecting a deliberate design toward broad procedural competency (colonoscopy, EGD, colposcopy) and diverse practice-setting exposure. Research is not emphasized structurally; the program instead foregrounds scholarship-lite features like an integrated Lifestyle Medicine curriculum and osteopathic partnership with Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM), suggesting community and clinical breadth are prioritized over academic productivity. As an inaugural program (first class matriculated 2025), it explicitly seeks residents with a "trailblazing mentality" willing to help shape culture, curriculum, and identity rather than step into an established structure.