A New Program for the UAB School of Medicine, Huntsville Branch Campus

Abstract

The Family Medicine Integrated Residency (IR) at the UAB School of Medicine, Huntsville Regional Medicine Campus is designed to attract rural students and to more fully prepare them for Family Medicine residency. The 2017-18 pilot year has six 4th year medical students enrolled for a residency that has 12 intern slots. The IR students follow a unique curriculum to integrate them into the residency and prepare them for the intern year.

Keywords

• Integrated residency. Regional campus residency. Rural medical students. Alternative residency models