UW Family Medicine Residency

Welcome to the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency—where your journey as a Family Physician begins with purpose, support, and community.

If you envision a future as a leader in Family Medicine, this is the place to grow. Our residency program is rooted in excellence across research, hospital medicine, reproductive health and advocacy, behavioral health, and sports medicine. We don’t just train doctors—we cultivate changemakers, advocates, and lifelong learners.

We prioritize a sustainable workload, a culture of wellness, and a supportive environment. Here, you’ll find mentors who care, colleagues who uplift, and a department that champions your growth.

Residency is not just a stepping stone—it’s the foundation of your career. At UW, we’re committed to making it a transformative experience that prepares you to thrive as a compassionate, skilled, and visionary Family Physician.

Application Insights
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Our Core Values  

  1. Resident Growth: Overcoming challenges and embracing the inherent uncertainty of medicine are essential to this period of intense personal and professional development.  
  2. Health Justice: Promoting every person’s right to accessible, high quality, patient-centered health care.  
  3. Scholarship: Discovering, translating, and disseminating knowledge where learners teach and teachers learn.  
  4. Collaboration: Learning and delivering care as teams, bridging disciplines, specialties, and practice environments.  Our residents actively engage in the learning process and participate in the continuous improvement of our program.  
  5. Supportive Work Environment: Creating a trusting workplace where residents, faculty and staff can think big, do good, have fun, and be their best selves.  
  6. Family Medicine Identity: Celebrating the unique and revolutionary power of family medicine to meet the needs of patients, families, and communities both at home and abroad.