Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 15, 2026

Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program

Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Hillsboro, Ohio, directed by Michael E. Dietz, DO and coordinated by Elisha N Rand, MA. The program accepts applications through January 1, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected]. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

This Family Medicine residency, operated by The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (a HRSA-funded Teaching Health Center GME consortium) in partnership with HealthSource of Ohio, trains residents almost entirely within the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Ohio, a safety-net system serving over 85,000 patients annually in a rural, medically underserved region. The program's identity centers on rural underserved primary care rather than subspecialty or tertiary-care training, with a structured Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) curriculum requiring residents to complete a three-year longitudinal community health improvement project alongside case-report and quality-improvement work. Scholarly activity is built into the curriculum and supported by dedicated resident scholarly-activity leadership roles, but the emphasis is applied and community-based rather than laboratory or bench research. The program values residents who are motivated by continuity relationships with underserved, all-ages patient panels and by systems-based, population-health-oriented practice rather than procedural intensity or fellowship pipelines.

Who it fits

An applicant whose ERAS narrative centers on longitudinal community health work, service to rural or underserved populations, and interest in generalist, relationship-based primary care rather than subspecialization.

Research intensity

Moderate - a structured, mandatory COPC scholarly project and case-report curriculum exist, but scholarship is applied/community-oriented rather than central to program identity.

Career orientation

Community Practice

Important

The program states it evaluates applicants holistically for "alignment with our mission and values" of training physicians who improve the health of medically underserved communities, and encourages applicants to review its mission before applying.

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