Family Practice

Program Profile: ISU Family Medicine Residency

Program Description | Accreditation | Program Highlights
Faculty | Class Size | Length of Program
Locations | Prerequisites | Costs
Scholarships and Financial Aid | How to Apply | About the Profession

Program Description

Name of program: Family Medicine Residency

Program Overview: The ISU Family Medicine Residency’s mission is to train physicians for successful rural family practice. The three-year program is a community based, University-affiliated program designed to produce skilled, caring family practice physicians. It is affiliated with the Portneuf Medical Center, which serves Pocatello and the surrounding communities.

Accreditation

The Residency is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Program Highlights

  • Program is highly successful at recruiting physicians for rural Idaho and for providing service to underserved patients in Pocatello and Southeast Idaho. The Clinical Research Division is the recipient of two prestigious NIH grants.

Faculty

24 full-time faculty, 50 clinical faculty and 1 clinical site.

Highly regarded academic family medicine teachers with national reputations in their areas of expertise. Dr. Woodhouse is known for his expertise in health care systems; Dr. Hoffmann is a national expert on women in sports; Dr. Force is a nationally recognized researcher in pharmacotherapeutics.

Class Size

Fixed Seats: Yes

Number of students in entering class: 6

Total number of students enrolled in program: 18

Length of Program

Number of academic years needed to complete the program: 3

Locations

Locations offered: Pocatello

Program offered fully online? No

Program delivered through distance presentation? No

Prerequisites

Required Degree: M.D./D.O.

Costs

Tuition: N/A

Professional fees: N/A

Equipment: N/A

Books: N/A

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Scholarship Deadline: Contact the Scholarship Office for more information.

Financial Aid Deadline: Contact the Office of Financial Aid for more information.

How to Apply

Application Deadline: December 1 of each year

Program Start Date: July 1 of each year

Other Information: Apply

About the Profession

Multiple opportunities for practice in rural Idaho following graduation

Potential Salary: $120,000 - $150,000