University of Tennessee College of Medicine Murfreesboro Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, university-affiliated family medicine residency in Murfreesboro, TN, anchored by Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital and a dedicated continuity clinic serving a faith-affiliated, community-embedded patient population. The program's identity centers on full-spectrum family medicine with a pronounced obstetrics emphasis (residents deliver in a ~3,000-birth/year hospital, with a dedicated OB fellowship and high procedural volume) alongside a state-funded Rural Track that places one resident per year at a satellite site in McMinnville to address Tennessee's rural physician shortage. A post-residency Hospitalist Fellowship further signals investment in producing broad-scope practitioners equipped for rural or resource-limited settings rather than subspecialty academicians. The program explicitly values community roots, service to the underserved, and long-term local practice, drawing heavily from regional osteopathic schools and residents with strong ties to Middle Tennessee.