The MetroHealth System-Case Western Reserve University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, university-affiliated Family Medicine program (Case Western Reserve University) housed within MetroHealth, Cuyahoga County's safety-net academic health system, with training centered at Ohio City Health Center and Broadway Health Center and a strong inpatient service staffed exclusively by Family Medicine faculty. The program's identity is built around underserved and community-based primary care - reflected in dedicated tracks such as School Health, Community Medicine, County Jail Clinic, Recovery Resources, Project DAWN, Centering Pregnancy, and Pride Clinic - paired with an explicit academic aim of achieving first-attempt board certification through evidence-based training. Scholarly activity is required of every resident (research, presentation, or QI project) but is structured as a competency requirement rather than a research-intensive identity, with outlets at regional consortia and CWRU Research Days. The program explicitly states its goal is to produce family physicians who remain in the Cleveland community and continue serving underserved populations, favoring small-cohort mentorship (~6 residents/class) over high-volume subspecialty exposure.