Prisma Health-University of South Carolina SOM Greenville Greer Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a new (first class 2020), unopposed, community-based family medicine residency at Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital, built around a suburban Upstate South Carolina population and designed explicitly around equal outpatient/inpatient balance rather than tertiary-hospital dominance. The program emphasizes graduated autonomy, a small faculty-to-resident ratio, dedicated procedure and OMT clinics, embedded behavioral health and social work, and longitudinal population health/practice-management training aimed at producing full-scope outpatient community physicians rather than subspecialists. Research is not a structural pillar; scholarly work is framed around quality improvement rather than bench or clinical investigation, and OB training is intentionally limited (non-surgical, ~20-40 deliveries) rather than fellowship-level. Most graduates enter outpatient community practice (many staying within the Prisma Health system), with a minority pursuing fellowships (sports medicine, hospitalist, hospice/palliative care), reflecting a program that values community engagement, collaborative/team-based care, and residents who want breadth over narrow specialization.