2015 UMN Family Medicine Residency Grads: By the Numbers

In 2015, 53 medical residents graduated from University of Minnesota family medicine residencies. An update on where those grads are practicing or pursuing additional training follows.

Practice/Training Locations

Of our 53 residency grads from 2015, 52 are currently practicing or pursuing additional training in the U.S. Locations follow.

• 74% stayed in Minnesota
• 13% went to other Midwestern states 
• 6% went to Western states
• 4% went to Eastern states
• 1% went to Southern states

Of the 50 states, residency grads from 2015 are practicing or training in 12 of them. States include Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin.

One grad is currently undecided and has not selected a location for practice or additional training. 

Types of Practice

Our 2015 residency grads are practicing in a number of settings and caring for a variety of communities and patient populations.

• 70% are working in private practice (4% at multispecialty clinics)
• 13% are working as hospitalists
• 4% are working in emergency/urgent care settings
• 1% are working in academic environments (specifically at our own UMN Medical Center residency)
• 1% are undecided

Additional Training

Eleven percent of 2015 residency grads were accepted into fellowship training programs in sports medicine and geriatrics. 

U of M Family Medicine Graduation 2015

Mac Baird, MD, and wife Kris
at our Photo Stop

University of Minnesota Family Medicine and Community Health held its annual resident and fellow commencement on June 2, 2015, at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis.

The event was catered by D'Amico & Sons, and music was provided by Four Voices String Quartet.

Fifty-four residents graduated from across our eight family medicine residency programs, along with fellows in sports medicine (two graduates), hospice and palliative medicine (three graduates), human sexuality (one graduate), and behavioral medicine (one graduate).

Twenty-five junior faculty and fellows also completed faculty development training in curriculum design, evaluation, and teaching skills. 

A number of family medicine residents and faculty were honored for excellence in teaching, research, and service.

Excellence in Research Award

The Excellence in Research Award was presented to St. Joseph's graduating resident Amanda Weinmann, MD, for a breast cancer screening modality, called molecular breast imaging. 

Weinmann's main roles on the research team were to develop methodologies to reduce patient exposure to radiation, improve image quality, and develop biopsy capability, allowing the imaging technique to be used for screening purposes. Throughout residency, she disseminated her research through peer-reviewed publications and national presentations.

"I was impressed with her ability to use resources wisely in conducting a background literature search to frame the problem, to use her computer programming skills to build a simulation model, and to apply scientifically sound judgement to thoroughly test and validate her design," said Carrie Hruska, PhD, associate professor of medical physics at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, "Ultimately, her design was manufactured and put into clinical use on the molecular breast imaging system. It was designed so well that it simultaneously improved our ability to visualize small breast lesions while also improving the sensitivity of the camera such that patient imaging could be conducted using a lower radiation dose."

Amanda Weinmann, MD

Faculty Awards

Two faculty were recognized for excellence in education of residents, medical students, and other health professionals: Phillip Fallt, MD, Affiliate Faculty Teacher of the Year, and Mark Yeazel, MD, MPH, Faculty Teacher of the Year.

Fallt is an affiliate faculty, teaching OB/GYN in the family medicine clinic to North Memorial residents. One nominator wrote that Fallt's "dedication goes beyond that of a preceptor," that he is "dedicated to the field of family medicine as a whole." 

Phillip Fallt, MD

Yeazel is faculty in our research area and at our North Memorial and University of Minnesota Medical Center residency programs. He also co-leads our faculty development training. Nominators said that Yeazel is "supportive, ready to teach, compassionate, deliberate, and thoughtful." 

Mark Yeazel, MD, MPH

Community Service Award

The Leonard P. Burke, MD, Memorial Award is given to the graduating resident whose family medicine training has resulted in a unique service contribution. St. Cloud's Jennifer Taves, MD, was honored for her work with Reach Out and Read. 

Under Taves watch, St. Cloud's residency clinic site distributed 250 to 300 books annually. 

The director of Reach Out and Read Minnesota, Lynn Burke, had this to say about Taves, "Her dedication, perseverance, and enthusiasm are the reason her clinic's program is thriving." 

Jennifer Taves, MD

STFM Resident Teacher Award

Nine residents from across our eight residency programs were presented the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Resident Teacher Award for demonstrated interest, ability, and commitment to family medicine.

Awardees included Jennifer Belisle, MD, Karen Borchert, MD, Stephen Clappier, MD, Alisha Fahley, MD, Scott Hanson, DO, Andrew Houghton, MD, Elycia Matushin, MD, and Jennifer Taves, MD.

STFM Resident Teacher Awardees

MORE

• View photos from our fun Photo Stop. 
• Read tweets using the hashtag #umnfamilymedgrad. 
• See our formal graduation photos. 

Duluth residency faculty, staff, residents

Beginning Your Story in Family Medicine at the U of M

U of M, Class of 2018

The following message is from University of Minnesota Family Medicine and Community Health department head Macaran Baird, MD, MS, to our incoming class of residents, the class of 2018. 

This July will be the start of my fourteenth year leading this department. It's been an incredible journey.

Every day I have the privilege of working alongside talented, dedicated colleagues, such as yourselves, who truly believe that the specialty of family medicine can transform our nation's healthcare system.
 

And, each year, I am encouraged by the residents that join our ranks. I'm encouraged by your passion, by your dedication, by your talent. 



It's no secret that family medicine is NOT for the faint of heart. You're entering residency at a time when the landscape of healthcare is not only challenging but ever changing—sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. You chose this field not because it would be easy, but because you care—you care about people, you care about relationships, you care about transformation. 


Some of you may already know this, but we were among the first family medicine departments and residencies in the nation. We believed then, as we believe now, that caring for the whole person, across the lifespan, is preventive medicine at its best.

Each of our eight residency programs—Duluth, Mankato, Methodist, North Memorial, St. Cloud, St. John's, St. Joseph's, University of Minnesota Medical Center—shares in the commitment to full spectrum family medicine training. Each program will prepare you to provide comprehensive, personalized care for the whole person in ANY setting: urban, rural, global. But each program is also distinguished by its community, unique feel, and curricular strengths. 


You are part of your residency program, but you are also part of a greater whole. You are part of this department, part of this University. You’re part of our mission to transform and renew family medicine through education, research, and patient care.  



This is an exciting time to be joining our ranks. Why? Because, we're energized, we're excited. We want to see reform in payment models. We want to see reform in healthcare delivery. We want to knock down barriers to care. We have a vision for family medicine—a vision for change, for transformation. We want to make individuals healthier, families healthier, communities healthier. This fall, we'll be sharing more about that vision, and we couldn't be happier to have you on our team. 


Our desire, though, is that you’re an advocate for family medicine beyond the walls of your clinic, this department, this institution. Family medicine is in the fight of its life. I would encourage you to get involved in professional organizations, both on the local and national level; be part of a national movement for change. Get connected to organizations like Primary Care Progress, Family Medicine for America’s Health, MAFP, AAFP, and STFM.

Stand up for your patients. Stand up for patients who have no one standing up for them. Stand up for your training. Stand up for your future practice. Stand up for our specialty. In doing so, remember you’re a professional and a representative of this department, this University. You’re accountable for your behavior, your words, your actions.

Residency is the start of a new chapter in your lives. These next three years will be challenging, rewarding, and fun. As a University of Minnesota alum, I can tell you that your time here will be a great way to begin your story in family medicine.

I look forward to watching your stories unfold and am so glad that you became part of our story as well.

U of M Family Medicine and Community Health
department head Macaran Baird, MD, MS

2014 UMN Family Medicine Residency Grads: By the Numbers

In 2014, 58 medical residents graduated from University of Minnesota family medicine residencies. An update on where those grads are practicing or pursuing additional training follows.

Practice/Training Locations

All residency grads from 2014 are currently practicing or pursuing additional training in the U.S.

• 83% stayed in Minnesota
• 10% went to other Midwestern states 
• 7% went to Western states

Of the 50 states, residency grads from 2014 are practicing or training in 9 of them. States include Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan, Kansas, California, Oregon, Montana, and Utah.

Types of Practice

Residency grads are practicing in a number of settings and caring for a variety of communities and patient populations.

• 74% are working in private practice
• 7% are working as hospitalists
• 7% are working in emergency/urgent care settings
• 5% are working in academic environments—3% of which are at the University of Minnesota

Additional Training

Seven percent of 2014 residency grads were accepted into fellowship training programs in hospice and palliative medicine, neuromuscular medicine, and sports medicine. 

University of Minnesota at Family Medicine Midwest 2014

Family Medicine Midwest held its third annual conference last week in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The conference attracted 450 medical students, family medicine residents and faculty, and other health care professionals from across the Midwest.

What is Family Medicine Midwest?

The Family Medicine Midwest Foundation was designed to help identify and support Midwest students interested in family medicine.

Member organizations include Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Minnesota academies of family physicians as well as medical schools and family medicine residences from across the Midwest.

The foundation sponsors an annual conference, with the following aims:

• Showcase Midwest family medicine residencies
• Provide a forum for scholarly work and research presentations
• Highlight community-based practice and best practice sharing
• Promote cooperative and collaborative health care innovation

UMN Family Medicine at the Conference

PLANNING
University of Minnesota family medicine faculty Andrew Slattengren, DO, is vice chair of the Family Medicine Midwest Foundation. He also served as chair of the host/planning committee for the 2014 conference. The host committee included University of Minnesota family medicine faculty Patricia Adam, MD, MSPH, John McCabe, MD, Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH, and Angela Smithson, MD, MPH.

Andrew Slattengren, DO, left, addresses conference attendees.

PRE-CONFERENCE
Pre-conference events covered a variety of medical topics, including affordable medications and global health. University of Minnesota family medicine faculty Jody Lounsbery, PharmD, Jean Moon, PharmD, and Shailey Prasad, MD, MPH, were among pre-conference presenters.

OPENING PLENARY
The opening plenary was a Hippocrates Cafe performance, "The Essence of Family Medicine." Hippocrates Cafe productions use professional actors and musicians to explore complex health care topics through story and song. University of Minnesota family medicine faculty and Hippocrates Cafe creator Jon Hallberg, MD, hosts each show, providing context for performances.
(More about Hippocrates Cafe.)

Hippocrates Cafe performer T. Mychael Rambo sings.

AWARDS & HONORS
Awards were presented to faculty and students demonstrating significant achievement or noticeable impact in the field of family medicine.

The Mid-Career Faculty Achievement Award was given to University of Minnesota family medicine faculty Reneé Crichlow, MD, for her innovative teaching methods, community activism, and commitment to research. Of Crichlow's numerous contributions to the field, her unique health career mentorship program, which empowers underserved youth to see a career in health care as an attainable pursuit, is among the most inspiring.

Reneé Crichlow, MD

The Power to Change Our World Award was given to University of Minnesota medical student Melissa McCoy for her global approach to health care. McCoy has spent time locally and abroad caring for underserved communities and learning about international health.

Right, Melissa McCoy

The conference also gave out I3 (Inspiring, Innovative, or Invigorating) awards, which were "pop-up" awards; any conference attendee could nominate another attendee for something inspiring, innovative, and invigorating. Crichlow and University of Minnesota medical student Peter Meyers were among I3 awardees. Meyers is a clinical innovation fellow with the grassroots organization Primary Care Progress.

SPEED DATE THE SPECIALTY
The conference held a speed date the specialty lunch for student attendees to learn more about different aspects of family medicine. Topics included addiction medicine, global health, health policy, motivational interviewing, residency interviewing, transgender health, women's health, and beyond.

University of Minnesota family medicine faculty Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH, Nicole Chaisson, MD, MPH, Reneé Crichlow, MD, Lauren Giammar, MD, Bob Levy, MD, Carrie Link, MD, John McCabe, MD, Shailey Prasad, MD, MPH, and Carolyn Torkelson, MD, MS, were among faculty  speed daters.

John McCabe, MD (in yellow), with student speed daters.

PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS
A number of University of Minnesota family medicine faculty and residents as well as University of Minnesota medical students presented on topics in family medicine and primary care.

Nicole Chaisson, MD, MPH, discusses stigmas in family medicine.

Presenters included faculty Patricia Adam, MD, MSPH, Ben Baechler, MD, Nicole Chaisson, MD, MPH, Reneé Crichlow, MD, Alan Johns, MD, MEd, Bob Levy, MD, Carrie Link, MD, Diane Madlon-Kay, MD, MS, Laura Miller, MD, Tanner Nissly, DO, Jacob Prunuske MD, MPH, Andrew Slattengren, DO, and Ruth Westra, DO, MPH; and residents Naveen Anantha, MBBS, Camille DeLisi, DO, Rachel Franchi-Winters, DO, Betsy Gilbertson, MD, Amanda Hinrichs, DO, Andrew Houghton, MD, Timothy Kufahl, MD, MS, Kevin Manzel, DO, Kristina Schultz, DO, Adalberto Torres, MD, Cora Walsh, MD, Luke Widstrom, DO, and Sufian Zayed, MD.

Topics included childhood vaccinations, collaborative care, community engagement, end-of-life care, global health, mentorship, osteopathic manipulation, patient satisfaction, prenatal care, public health, stigma in family medicine, and beyond.

EXHIBIT HALL
All eight University of Minnesota family medicine residency programs exhibited at the conference.

University of Minnesota family medicine booth space.

PHOTOS
Check out our conference photo album at z.umn.edu/fmmidwestphotos14.

See You Next Year

Next year's conference will be  held October 9-11 in Rosemont, Illinois. Get details at www.iafp.com/fmm.

UMN Family Medicine Resident and Fellow Commencement

McNamara Alumni Center

University of Minnesota Family Medicine and Community Health held its annual resident and fellow commencement on June 5, 2014, at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis.

The event was catered by D'Amico & Sons, and music was provided by the Daddy Squeeze Trio.

Fifty-eight residents graduated from across our eight family medicine residency programs, along with fellows in sports medicine (two graduates), hospice and palliative medicine (three graduates), human sexuality (one graduate), and behavioral health (one graduate).

Seventeen junior faculty and fellows also completed faculty development training in curriculum design, evaluation, and teaching skills.

A number of family medicine residents and faculty were honored for excellence in teaching, research, and service.

Excellence in Research Award

The Excellence in Research Award was presented to Mankato graduating resident Joanne Genewick, DO, for her study of advance directives.

While working on hospital service, Genewick routinely saw patients who had not taken action to direct their care at end-of-life. A 2013 study from the American Journal of Public Health revealed that "more than 60% of adult participants wanted their end-of-life wishes to be respected; yet, only a third had completed advance directives." As Genewick found, this gap is not uncommon.

To understand the gap, Genewick studied patients who completed advance directives to gain a better understanding of what motivated them to take action.

Among her findings, she discovered:

• Language mattered—how physicians approached the conversation of end-of-life care impacted patient action.
• Targeting various age groups based on readiness to listen showed a direct correlation to patient action.
• Individual patient factors, like education level, had an impact on patient action. 

Joanne Genewick, DO

Faculty Awards

Two faculty were recognized for excellence in education of residents, medical students, and other health professionals: Deanna Bass, MD, Affiliate Faculty Teacher of the Year, and Andrew Slattengren, DO, Faculty Teacher of the Year.

Bass is affiliate faculty, teaching and providing integrated psychiatry services at three of our family medicine residency programs: St. John's Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, and University of Minnesota Medical Center. She was honored for her innovative teaching methods and development of unique tools like the Rapid Interview for Psychiatry model and 50 smart phrases for primary care providers (to improve diagnostic and treatment planning skills). Bass has been a valued member of our teaching team for nearly two decades. She is an advocate for primary care and integrated behavioral medicine.

Deanna Bass, MD

Slattengren is faculty at our North Memorial Family Medicine Residency and currently chairs the planning committee for the 2014 Family Medicine Midwest Conference. He was recognized for his passionate, innovative teaching; commitment to scholarship; and patient care delivery. In their nomination letter, North Memorial residents wrote, "Slattengren created an environment where inquisitive learning is supported and valued."

Andrew Slattengren, DO

Community Service Award

The Leonard P. Burke, MD, Memorial Award is given to the graduating resident whose family medicine training has resulted in a unique service contribution. North Memorial's Keri Bergeson, MD, was honored for building a partnership between North Memorial residency and Exodus House, a homeless shelter in Minneapolis. More specifically, she designed a longitudinal rotation for residents in North Memorial's underserved medicine pathway to provide clinical care at Exodus House once/week.

Throughout her medical training, Bergeson has demonstrated a passion for underserved medicine and a commitment to community service. The director of health services for Catholic Charities, which operates Exodus House, said, "Keri Bergeson, MD, has both head and heart, which is the best combination for a physician."

Her community outreach and service extends beyond this noteworthy project; she has also been actively involved with the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic, a free clinic in Minneapolis, and the Interprofessional Street Outreach Program.

Keri Bergeson, MD

STFM Resident Teacher Award

Nine residents from across our eight residency programs were presented the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Resident Teacher Award for demonstrated interest, ability, and commitment to family medicine.

Awardees included Eli Horn, MD, Joanne Genewick, DO, Elizabeth Meichsner, MD, Maiken Strohm, MD, Susan Pleasants, MD, Natalya Lyadova, MD, Kate Brown, MD, Brittany Kalmi, MD, and Gaurav Nigam, MBBS.

MORE

• Check out Storify to read tweets from the event. 
• Visit our Facebook page to see an event photo album. 

A fun shot with our UMMC residency grads and faculty

STFM Annual Spring Conference 2014

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) held its annual spring conference May 3-7, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. The conference focused on leadership and advocacy in early careers and the development of skills to lead institutional and national change.

UMN Family Medicine at the Conference

The University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health was well represented at the conference, with about 25 faculty, residents, and medical students presenting on a variety of family medicine and primary care-related topics.

Faculty Shailey Prasad, MD, MPH, and Kathleen
Brooks, MD, MBA, MPA, with med students Brian
Park, MPH, and Catie Glatz presenting at the
conference.

Presenters included department head Macaran Baird, MD, MS; faculty Nancy Baker, MD, Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH, Joe Brocato, PhD, Kathleen Brooks, MD, MBA, MPA, Reneé Crichlow, MD, Bruce Dahlman, MD, MSc, Roli Dwivedi, MD, Lauren Giammar, MD, Jody Lounsbery, PharmD, Jean Moon, PharmD, C.J. Peek, PhD, Shailey Prasad, MD, MPH, Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH, Lisa Prusak, MD, Chris Reif, MD, MPH, Andrew Slattengren, DO, and Michael Wootten, MD; retired faculty Barbara Leone, MD; residents Keri Bergeson, MD, Betsy Gilbertson, MD, and Cora Walsh, MD; and medical students Brian Park, MPH, and Catie Glatz.

Topics included adolescent obesity, community health assessment, clinical pharmacy services, innovative didactics, end-of-life care, faculty development and mentorship, global health, integrated care, interprofessional education, leadership, homeless care, population health, research and scholarship, resident teaching, and rural and urban medicine.

Education director Joe Brocato, PhD, is also a member of the STFM Program Committee, who planned the conference.

UMN Family Medicine Receives AAFP Top 10 Award

The University of Minnesota Medical School was also honored with an American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Top 10 Award for its ongoing contribution to the pipeline of family physicians.

The University of Minnesota ranked sixth in 2014 with 18% of graduates entering family medicine. Even more impressive, AAFP reports that since 1980, the University of Minnesota has graduated more medical students entering family medicine residencies than any other allopathic school in the U.S.

AAFP President Reid Blackwelder, MD, commented, “For the past five years, we have seen growth in student interest in family medicine. Much of the credit goes to the medical schools that have actively supported family medicine as the comprehensive, challenging, and professionally fulfilling specialty that it is.”

UMN Family Medicine representatives receive AAFP Top 10 Award from
AAFP President Reid Blackwelder, MD, at STFM annual spring conference.

Social Media at the Conference: #STFM14

The energy and conversations generated from the conference were not contained to the walls of the Grand Hyatt San Antonio. The conference hashtag, #STFM14, saw more than six million impressions, averaging 35 tweets/hour.

Faculty and medical students joined the online conversation as well. The department’s top contributors were North Memorial residency faculty Reneé Crichlow, MD, (@reneecrichlowMD) and Duluth campus faculty Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH (@jprunuske).

Here is a sampling of our favorite #STFM14 tweets:

• @aafpprez: From #stfm14 Dr Jack Westfall: Treat your learners as you would have them treat their patients. #aafp

• @kanfamdoc: Whole people deserve whole health care. #stfm14 #fmrevolution

• @bicmay: MT @reneecrichlowMD: We have to make advocacy training a part of residency. #FMRevolution stories need to be told. #stfm14

• @SingingPenDrJen: #stfm14 Rodgers plenary: "You get the best efforts from others not by lighting a fire beneath them but by building a fire within them."

• @RichmonddDoc: Saultz: Family medicine does not gain by seeking to align w/ a system that promotes high-tech, high-cost gadgets that benefit few.  #stfm14

• @reneecrichlowMD: Why have community health assessment? "Family medicine includes comprehensive continuous care in the context of community." #stfm14 #RPAP

• @MaryTheobald: Purpose of Milestones is not to evaluate residents, it’s to evaluate programs. #stfm14

• @RichmondDoc: Social determinants of health is not a new subject for FM, but it has taken on a new urgency in today's world. #stfm14

• @RichmondDoc: Woolf: I don't think that most Americans realize the chance our children will reach 5 yrs old is the lowest in the developed world. #stfm14

• @jprunuske: Investment in #education may lead to more health benefits than investment in #medicalcare. #stfm14 

• @reneecrichlowMD: Family AND Community Medicine is our specialty and we must work in both to address the Social Determinants of Health #STFM14 #FMRevolution

• @KPDocAdriano: We all have bias. We have to learn to recognize them & leave them at the door to provide excellent care. #stfm14

• @jprunuske: Americans instinct to deal with health problems is medical care. WRONG. #stfm14 Must address community where we live work & play.

• @reneecrichlowMD: #STFM14 Inspiration and Information! Great Meeting! New friends and Old, see you next year! Viva la #FMRevolution

Save the Date: STFM 2015

Next year’s STFM annual spring conference will be held in Orlando, Florida, April 25-29. Yep, we’ll see you in Disney World, #STFM15!

2013 UMN Family Medicine Residency Grads: By the Numbers

In 2013, 54 medical residents graduated from University of Minnesota family medicine residencies. An update on where those grads are practicing or pursuing additional training follows.

Practice/Training Locations

All residency grads from 2013 are currently practicing or pursuing additional training in the U.S.

• 77.7% in the Midwest
• 12.9% in the East
•  9% in the West
• About 1% in the South  

Of the 50 states, residency grads from 2013 are practicing or training in 18 of them. Minnesota and Wisconsin have the highest representation, with Minnesota at 65% and Wisconsin at 7%. Other states include Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, and Washington.

Types of Practice

Residency grads are practicing in a number of settings (e.g., clinics, hospitals, U.S. Navy) and caring for a variety of communities and patient populations, including the medically underserved.

• Close to 80% private practice or clinical care
• About 6% hospital-based
• About 1% U.S. Navy

Additional Training

Eleven percent of 2013 residency grads were accepted into fellowship training programs in geriatrics, neuromuscular medicine, occupational medicine, and sports medicine.

2013 residency grad and UMN sports medicine fellow Nate
Waibel, MD, far left, is pictured teaching UMN family medicine
residents in a sports medicine workshop.

 

UMN Family Medicine Welcomes DOs

Mankato residency faculty Erin Westfall, DO,
far left, practices osteopathic medicine on a
patient, with resident Scott Hanson, DO,
back, right.

Minnesota Medicine recently released its January 2014 issue, featuring an article on the growth of DOs (or doctors of osteopathic medicine) in the physician workforce. According to the article, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine reports that more than 20% of medical students attend a college of osteopathic medicine. Many of those medical students go on to study at dually accredited (by AOA and ACGME) or allopathic (a.k.a. MD) residency programs.

The University of Minnesota family medicine residencies provide integrated training for osteopathic and allopathic residents. Depending on the program, features may include AOA and ACGME dual accreditation, osteopathic training opportunities, and DO residents and/or faculty.

Dual Accreditation

The University of Minnesota Mankato Family Medicine Residency is dually accredited by the AOA (American Osteopathic Association) and ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education).

Faculty

We have DO faculty at four of our residency programs:

• UMN Mankato Family Medicine Residency
• UMN Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency
• UMN North Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency
• UMN St. John's Hospital Family Medicine Residency

Residents

We have DO residents at all eight of our residency programs.

Training Opportunities

• The department sponsors a full-day osteopathic medicine workshop, open to all residents and community physicians.
  E-mail fmch@umn.edu for more information about the workshop and registration.
• Our North Memorial residency offers a longitudinal educational track in osteopathic medicine.
  
  

  

  North Memorial faculty Tanner Nissly, DO,
  far right, teaches residents during an
  osteopathic medicine course.

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MDs and DOs: What's the Difference? 

"While DOs and MDs have much in common, osteopathic medicine is a parallel branch of American medicine with a distinct philosophy and approach to patient care."
-Boyd Buster, DO, AOA trustee and spokeperson

"DOs embrace a whole-body philosophy of care."
-Scott Hanson, DO, Mankato resident

Read how the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians defines osteopathic family medicine.