Residency curriculum
As the only residency program based out of HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, the Family Medicine Residency program receives strong support from a highly skilled medical staff.
Since each resident has multiple interests, and because graduates go on to practice in a variety of settings, our program provides a strong foundational curricula with additional areas of concentration that include, but are not limited to:
- Integrative and lifestyle medicine
- Academic medicine
- Addiction medicine
- Advocacy
- Geriatric medicine
- Hospitalist medicine
- Care of the LGBTQ+ community, including gender affirming care
- Osteopathic Medicine
- Palliative care
- Rural medicine
- Sports medicine
- Women's health, including obstetrics and maternity care
Required rotations by training year (PDF).
Elective rotations
Robust elective rotation opportunities span the full scope of Family Medicine, with additional opportunities for residents to develop personalized elective experiences aligned with their individual interests and career goals.
Teaching hospitals
- HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center
- HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center
- Valleywise Health Medical Center
- Phoenix Children's Hospital
Procedure opportunities
There are extensive opportunities to perform procedures throughout your residency, both in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Some of the most common procedures include, but aren't limited to:
- Abscess incision and drainage
- Casting and splinting
- Circumcision
- Colposcopy
- Endometrial biopsy
- Ingrown toenail removal
- IUD & Nexplanon insertion and removal
- Joint and trigger point injections
- Laceration repair
- Osteopathic manipulation treatment
- Point of care ultrasound
- Prenatal Non-Stress Testing (NST)
- Skin biopsies and cryotherapy
- Surgical first assist