University of Wisconsin Madison Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a large, research-intensive academic family medicine department (one of the original 15 FM programs, ranked 14th nationally in NIH funding) that trains full-spectrum family physicians across 18 clinics and multiple hospital sites in south-central Wisconsin, with a strong salutogenic and community-health orientation. The curriculum builds from an inpatient-heavy PGY1 toward outpatient continuity and elective flexibility, with required rural rotations, longitudinal community health and behavioral health integration, and access to named pathways (Rural Health Equity Track, OMT4MD, Baraboo Rural Training Track) and an extensive fellowship infrastructure (research, integrative health, sports medicine, addiction, LGBTQ+ health, rural OB). The department explicitly values workforce retention in Wisconsin (60% of graduates stay in-state) and community-engaged, equity-focused scholarship over narrow subspecialization, while still supporting academic and fellowship trajectories through its research core (WREN, Osher Center, PROTEA) and Primary Care Research Fellowship. It is simultaneously a generalist workforce-building program and an academic research engine, suited to residents who want broad clinical scope plus meaningful scholarly or community-based project involvement.