The Department offers medical student education courses in community, preventive and evidence-based medicine, and family medicine; a three-year family medicine residency training program; and one-year family medicine fellowships in community health center director development, primary care health policy, and arts & humanities. The Department conducts research on issues related to underserved care, health care disparities, community-oriented primary care, primary care health policy, medical informatics, medical humanities, and physician well-being. Faculty and staff run and participate in the Capital Area Primary Care Research Network (CAPRICORN), and many conduct research on their own in areas such as patient education, disease prevention, and chronic disease care. The residency program participates in clinical research protocols utilizing the Fort Lincoln Family Medicine Center patient population, and its predoctoral division conducts research on medical education issues.
