The Family Medicine Residency Program welcomed its first class of six residents in 1998 and began its mission to provide the community with an alternative for their families' healthcare. The program is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and receives up to 500 applications each year. Of the applicants, 20 to 30 candidates are interviewed. Ideal candidates have a primary interest in family medicine and meet the program's high academic standards.

For the first two years of the three-year program, much of the training is hospital based. First year residents rotate through surgery, obstetrics, adult medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry and the Emergency Department. Second-year training includes adult medicine, cardiology, gynecology, orthopedics, outpatient pediatrics, newborn nursery, neonatal intensive care unit and electives. The third year includes electives, adult medicine, internal medicine subspecialties and sports medicine.

The most important and unique aspect of their training is the time residents spend in the Family Medicine Clinic. Each resident follows his or her own panel of patients under the direction of the program's faculty. The number of patients depends on the resident's experience. They begin with a small group of patients in their first year and gradually increase their caseloads until they are seeing as many patients here as they will see in private practice. The program also incorporates the managerial issues residents will face in their practices, including billing, coding and staffing.