Why choose the HonorHealth Family Medicine Residency Program?
Looking for outstanding academics, a flexible curriculum, broad-spectrum training, scholarly involvement and community engagement, all in a supportive environment? The Family Medicine Residency Program at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, established in 1974, successfully provides all of these to the next generation of family medicine physicians.
Boasting an exceptional first-time pass rate for board certification (see our Residency Program Certification Performance Summary), our program prepares you to practice family medicine in any setting after graduation.
Graduates have gone on to practice in a wide variety of settings, including private practice, academic institutions, rural settings, urgent care or ER-based practices, and hospitals. On average, one graduate a year pursues primary care fellowship training.
Since the program's launch, approximately half of our graduates have remained in Arizona while others have gone on to practice throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Our mission becomes your mission
The Family Medicine Residency mission: We foster the future of family medicine by educating competent, capable, compassionate family physicians.
As a graduate, you will:
- Provide comprehensive, patient-centered primary care.
- Embrace continuity of care and collaborate effectively with other healthcare professionals to maximize the quality of patient care.
- Provide high-quality, evidence-based and cost-effective care.
- Demonstrate a pattern of lifelong learning by embracing and augmenting your knowledge and skills in family medicine.
- Practice preventive medicine in the context of the individual, family and community.
- Incorporate behavioral, emotional, social, cultural and environmental factors as you promote health and manage illness.
- Demonstrate the highest standard of professional conduct and ethical practice.
- Maintain a balance between professional satisfaction and rewarding personal well-being.
- Develop tools to become leaders in family medicine.
Program benefits
The HonorHealth Family Medicine Residency Program offers:
- A comprehensive community-based program affiliated with Arizona State University School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine.
- A strong academic curriculum emphasizing evidence-based best practices enhanced by robust didactics.
- A dedicated, enthusiastic faculty, each with a variety of professional interests and expertise.
- Personalized continuity care for a diverse patient population with a focus on addressing health disparities.
- A collegial working environment that values teamwork among faculty, residents, nurses and office staff.
- A strong advisor system that advocates for and assists you throughout your training.
- A busy hospital inpatient service at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center that is managed by our resident physicians in collaboration with attending physicians, clinical pharmacists and other interprofessional team members.
- An active resident association led by a peer-elected president that meets regularly to address pertinent program matters.
- Comprehensive, integrated and longitudinal behavioral health, population health, patient experience, patient safety and quality improvement curricula.
- A robust longitudinal Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) curriculum to support equity in the workplace and in the delivery of patient care.
- A strong commitment to resident well-being and the development of resources to maintain joy of practice throughout your career.
You'll learn about family medicine in the beautiful desert cities of Scottsdale and Phoenix.