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Dear Future Physician:
Welcome to the UW Family Medicine Residency. Family Medicine is not for the faint of heart. One of the greatest challenges a Family Physician faces is determining what our practices should look like. Family Medicine provides an unmatched breadth of career opportunities in Medicine. Residency is a critical time to explore what aspects of Family Medicine you find most enjoyable and those less so. Day one of residency is day one of your career as a physician, and we will do our best to support your unique journey.
As Family Physicians we have the incredible privilege to be present with patients, with people, during some of the most difficult and most joyful moments any of us experience. No other specialty is as likely to be guiding a family through a dignified end of life conversation in on moment and delivering a baby moments later. That range and dexterity is remarkable, and it is what Family Medicine is all about.
Whether your interest lies in hospital medicine, rural or urban underserved practice, pregnancy care, sports medicine, gender-affirming care, or reproductive health, the UW Family Medicine Residency offers a pathway for you. You can develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence necessary to be the physician you have worked so hard to become. Our Department and Residency faculty have the expertise and mentorship needed to support your journey. As the home of the WWAMI Residency Network, we have many friends and colleagues around the region who are also happy to contribute to your residency experience.
If you’re interested in learning more from our Residency Community, join us in Kansas City at the National Conference in August. A team of enthusiastic residents, faculty, and staff will be there, eager to meet you and learn what excites (or concerns) you about Family Medicine. Visit our website for more information about our Residency, as well as an overview of the locations where our residents and faculty provide care, including Seattle, Chelan, and beyond.
We believe that healthcare needs more Family Physician leaders in all kinds of spaces. Whatever your career aspirations, if you have a vision for leadership and becoming an expert clinician then UW may be a great place for you. Instagram has some great resident and faculty profiles and insights that you may find helpful. For all its imperfections and limitations, healthcare is likely to evolve more in the next twenty years than it has in decades. Family Physicians should lead they way to ensure healthcare evolves in a way that helps it better meet the needs of patients, families, and communities.
Welcome to UW and welcome to Family Medicine!
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Joshua Fischer, MD PhD
Residency Director
UW Family Medicine Residency
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine | UW Medicine
Pronouns | He, Him, His