University of North Carolina Hospitals Program

Program Identity & Fit

UNC's Med-Peds program is a university-based, quaternary-care training experience anchored at UNC Hospitals (a 684-bed academic referral center and Level I Trauma Center) with additional community and hospitalist-model exposure at WakeMed and Moses Cone Health System. The program is structured around named distinction pathways in Global Health and Underserved Care, each requiring dedicated mentorship, didactics, elective time, and a scholarly project, signaling institutional commitment to public health, primary care, and access-oriented careers alongside traditional subspecialty preparation. Research is present and supported through elective time, department research days, and faculty mentorship, but is not positioned as the program's central identity; rather, scholarship is expected as one component of a broader mission emphasizing community engagement, advocacy, and integration into both categorical departments. The program explicitly values residents who pursue individualized, self-directed career trajectories - whether toward fellowship, primary care, global health, rural/underserved practice, or academic medicine - within a strong Med-Peds community culture.