University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is Arizona's original family medicine residency, a university-affiliated program based at Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix that trains residents in a multi-residency academic environment while explicitly preparing them for practice across the spectrum from urban underserved to rural settings. The curriculum emphasizes full-spectrum, patient-centered continuity care with high-volume maternity and pediatric exposure, structured procedural training (endometrial biopsies, IUDs, colposcopy, joint injections), and named focus curricula in sports medicine, rural health, maternity care, and academic family medicine, taught exclusively by core faculty rather than outside preceptors. The program maintains a linked rural training track (Payson) built on the ACGME rural training model, signaling a deliberate institutional commitment to producing physicians for both tertiary academic and rural/underserved settings. Behavioral health integration and leadership development are emphasized as programmatic strengths, and residents/faculty produce a nationally recognized clinical podcast, reflecting a culture that values scholarly engagement alongside full-spectrum clinical competence.