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Family medicine programs with the most residency positions

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FREIDA™ 2024 data

In 2024, FREIDA™ users tallied nearly 2 million views of medical residency programs. With this list of family medicine residencies, we draw from the 5,760 first-year positions for family medicine and reveal which residency programs offer the most positions.

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Rankings are based on FREIDA™ data updated from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2024. FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

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Specialty description

Family physicians are personal doctors for people of all ages and health conditions. They are a reliable first contact for health concerns and directly address most health care needs. Through enduring partnerships, family physicians help patients prevent, understand, and manage illness, navigate the health system and set health goals.

Family physicians and their staff adapt their care to the unique needs of their patients and communities. They use data to monitor and manage their patient population and use best science to prioritize services most likely to benefit health. They are ideal leaders of health care systems and partners for public health.

Family medicine programs with the most first-year positions

  1. John Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District) Program – 24 positions

  2. Texas Tech University (Permian Basin) Program – 23 positions

  3. BronxCare Health System Program – 22 positions

  4. Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (National) Program – 22 positions

  5. Cahaba Medical Care/University of Alabama Medical Center Program – 20 positions

  6. University of Kansas (Wichita)/Via Christi Hospitals Wichita Program – 18 positions

  7. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Program – 16 positions

  8. Eastern Virginia Medical School Program – 16 positions

  9. Kent Hospital/Brown University – 16 positions

  10. University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa Program – 16 positions

  11. University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Program – 16 positions

  12. University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno Program – 16 positions

  13. University of Missouri-Columbia Program – 16 positions

  14. University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program – 16 positions

  15. University of Wisconsin (Madison) Program – 16 positions

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