Family Medicine Residency Program

Our Family Medicine residency prides itself on its inpatient medicine and ambulatory care education, focused on disease prevention, health promotion and chronic disease management.

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The Virtua Family Medicine Residency Program has been in existence for over 45 years. As one of the very first approved Family Medicine Residencies in the nation, we are proud to say that our community is filled with graduates from our program, and we are excited to educate residents well into the next 45+ years.

About the Family Medicine Residency Program

The Virtua Family Medicine Residency has been training residents in family medicine since the inception of the program in 1977. Since then, our program has changed in many ways, but our core mission, vision, and goals have not—we will train you to be the best family physician that you can be. Many of our graduates stay in the area and practice locally. Our hopes are to recruit the excellent family physicians that we train to stay within our area and provide comprehensive primary care to the Virtua community. Through our association with Virtua Medical Group, we have been able to offer employment to any resident who wants to stay in the area, thus allowing for a sense of "future job security" to those residents who have built a life in the surrounding area over their last 3 years of training. 

At Virtua, we are preparing our residents to function in the healthcare environment of the future. We believe a Family Physician should be capable of leading care in any setting, and our program is built around this premise. You will become facile at handling all the complexities of family medicine through training at Virtua, including population health, social determinants of health, navigating the complexities of the healthcare system, and mental health – all critical areas for our doctors of tomorrow to learn. You will develop extensive expertise in promoting healthy lifestyles and in using appropriate screening tools to prevent the burden of disease in both individuals and within the community. Leadership, quality improvement, and research training will provide the tools you need to develop into the future leaders of the medical community. 

Why Choose the Virtua Family Medicine Residency?

Evidence-based Care

Our residency emphasizes the application of evidence-based care, through our precepting methodology and our approach to clinical care. Through precepting, we enable each resident to achieve their personal best through continual constructive feedback on clinical management, behavioral attitudes, and techniques for improvement. Our precepting tool, Precept-Assist™ is a computerized, web-based point-of-care feedback system developed by the program for you to get continuous daily feedback.

Evidence-based Care

Our residency emphasizes the application of evidence-based care, through our precepting methodology and our approach to clinical care. Through precepting, we enable each resident to achieve their personal best through continual constructive feedback on clinical management, behavioral attitudes, and techniques for improvement. Our precepting tool, Precept-Assist™ is a computerized, web-based point-of-care feedback system developed by the program for you to get continuous daily feedback.

Real-world Medicine

You will learn the critical elements of the business of medicine and the success of practice development throughout your residency. You will learn to balance the resources of medicine not only through your own managed care patients, but also through the struggle to identify the resources necessary for your underserved patients.

Real-world Medicine

You will learn the critical elements of the business of medicine and the success of practice development throughout your residency. You will learn to balance the resources of medicine not only through your own managed care patients, but also through the struggle to identify the resources necessary for your underserved patients.

Lead Care in Any Setting

Gaining experience in all areas during training will provide the confidence and competence you need to succeed. Population health, social determinants of health, navigating the complexities of the healthcare system and mental health are so important for our doctors of tomorrow to learn, and you will become facile at handling all these complexities through training at Virtua.

Lead Care in Any Setting

Gaining experience in all areas during training will provide the confidence and competence you need to succeed. Population health, social determinants of health, navigating the complexities of the healthcare system and mental health are so important for our doctors of tomorrow to learn, and you will become facile at handling all these complexities through training at Virtua.

Personalized Training

Based on your interests, you can choose from one of three family practice centers as your continuity site, which allows a tailored education to meet your career goals. In all our locations, the goal of the Virtua Family Medicine Residency remains the same – to provide outstanding clinical training to develop Board-Certified Family Physicians who will provide high quality, comprehensive care to patients of all ages and in all settings, thereby maintaining and improving the health of the communities we serve. 

Personalized Training

Based on your interests, you can choose from one of three family practice centers as your continuity site, which allows a tailored education to meet your career goals. In all our locations, the goal of the Virtua Family Medicine Residency remains the same – to provide outstanding clinical training to develop Board-Certified Family Physicians who will provide high quality, comprehensive care to patients of all ages and in all settings, thereby maintaining and improving the health of the communities we serve. 

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