OhioHealth-Riverside Methodist Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, university-affiliated (OhioHealth) Family Medicine program built around a single continuity office adjacent to Riverside Methodist Hospital, blending strong inpatient training in intern year with progressively outpatient-heavy, home-call experience in upper years. The office population exceeds 25% pediatrics (above ACGME minimums), and residents run named clinical services—sports medicine with musculoskeletal ultrasound, gynecologic and skin procedures, adolescent care, MAT, and a "Food is Health" food-insecurity program—signaling a comprehensive, procedure-inclusive full-spectrum family medicine identity rather than a narrow outpatient model. Leadership development is embedded as a PGY-level-specific curricular thread, and scholarly activity is protected within the workday, supported by OhioHealth's institution-wide Research Institute infrastructure, though the program's own language frames research as a lifelong-learning and evidence-based-medicine skill rather than a fellowship pipeline. Resident-driven innovations (Doc of the Day, Daily Huddle) and office committee involvement indicate the program values residents who actively shape systems and workflow, not just complete rotations.