University of Vermont Health Network- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, rural-focused Family Medicine residency affiliated with University of Vermont Health, training six residents per year at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in the North Country of New York. The curriculum emphasizes full-scope practice with substantial procedural and obstetric training (deliveries, joint injections, gynecologic procedures, IUD/Nexplanon placement), a dedicated sports medicine track with sideline coverage and orthopedics blocks, and distinctive electives such as wilderness medicine and lifestyle medicine, reflecting a hands-on generalist identity rather than a research-driven one. Residents follow their own Family Medicine Center patients longitudinally and round on them in-hospital, and the program explicitly seeks physicians drawn to practicing and staying in rural, underserved communities rather than pursuing subspecialization. The affiliation with UVM provides academic backing and specialist mentorship, but the program's stated mission centers on producing confident full-spectrum rural family physicians, not fellowship-bound subspecialists or investigators.