University of Wyoming Thermopolis Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a rural training track (RTT) explicitly designed to produce full-spectrum frontier family physicians for Wyoming's underserved communities, pairing a traditional intern year at the University of Wyoming Casper core program with a 22-month longitudinal immersion in Thermopolis and satellite rural clinics (Worland, Riverton, Shoshoni). The curriculum is procedurally dense for a primary-care program, with residents graduating with 75+ vaginal deliveries and 40+ primary C-sections, POCUS training, OMM exposure, and independent management of ER, inpatient, OB, and geriatric/nursing-home panels with home call and built-in "Golden Weekends." Research is essentially absent from the stated curriculum; the program's stated identity centers on community embeddedness, procedural breadth, and preparing physicians who can practice independently in frontier settings rather than pursue subspecialization. Graduate outcomes show most residents entering full-spectrum rural community practice locally, with occasional pursuit of OB fellowship, and the program explicitly values residents willing to live in and commit to a small, isolated community as leaders and long-term providers.