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Program Highlights
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One of the most successful and productive residencies
in the Southeast
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The only residency at the 523 bed community hospital
which is the referral hospital for West Alabama
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Large full-time faculty assisted by numerous local
physician volunteers
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University-based program with medical student education
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Emphasis areas including rural medicine, obstetrics
and sports medicine
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Located on the main campus of The
University of Alabama, home of the Crimson Tide
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Community offering a wide-range of cultural, recreational
and social activities, neighboring both, urban and rural parts of Alabama
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Family medicine obstetrics fellowship
Program Overview
The Family Practice Residency in Tuscaloosa prepares
physicians to provide excellent care in family medicine. The curriculum
is designed to lead to board certification in family practice and competence
in patient care, and to prepare physicians to assume responsible positions
in their communities.
Offering a broad-based curriculum, the program
nevertheless has a clear focus: to develop family practitioners committed
to providing comprehensive, competent, and compassionate care for the medical
problems of patients of all ages. Through a combination of clinical
assignments and academic instruction, the program teaches the need for
medical care to address the person who has the illness and not just the
person's illness.
The program is conducted by the Department of
Family Medicine of the University of
Alabama School of Medicine's College
of Community Health Sciences. Although administered by the University,
the program emphasizes community-based continuity of care.
Program Objectives
Our Family Practice Residency provides postgraduate
medical education necessary for board certification in, and the professional
practice of, family medicine. Specifically, the program will:
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lead to competence in the biological and psychosocial
care of patients of all ages;
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teach a treatment approach that is comprehensive,
continuous, and caring;
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teach family dynamics and community interactions
in the treatment of patients;
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develop health-assessment and preventive-medicine
skills;
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encourage each resident's role as educator in the
medical community;
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enhance residents' skills in the practice of medicine;
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provide several models for the practice of family
medicine and promote the development of management skills;
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recognize the professional and personal needs of
residents.
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