Madison Residency Program
Welcome to the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health – Madison Residency. We are a three-year, ACGME-accredited residency program offering 16 positions for the 2027 Match cycle. We welcome applications from both osteopathic and allopathic candidates.
A Curriculum Built for Full-Spectrum Family Medicine
Our curriculum prepares residents for full-spectrum family medicine through broad clinical training and sustained continuity of care. Residents are paired with one family medicine clinic for the duration of their training, each serving a distinct patient population and practice environment. The curriculum includes:
- Comprehensive core training in obstetrics, inpatient medicine, pediatrics, and ambulatory family medicine
- A wide range of elective opportunities allowing residents to individualize their training based on career goals
- Three years of continuity clinic, with residents maintaining a dedicated patient panel throughout residency
- Longitudinal continuity of care across outpatient, inpatient, and community settings
Advancing Rural Health Equity Through Community Partnerships
The Rural Health Equity Track (RHET) is a longitudinal program based at Belleville Clinic.
RHET prepares two residents per class to become community-engaged family physicians equipped to meet the needs of rural communities across Wisconsin and beyond. RHET residents participate fully in the Madison Family Medicine Residency curriculum — including didactics and core clinical rotations — while building rural-focused skills through additional rural clinical experiences, community engagement, and leadership training.
Osteopathic Recognition with Real-World Application
The program holds Osteopathic Recognition and offers a curriculum that supports the development and integration of osteopathic principles and practice across inpatient and outpatient family medicine settings. Osteopathic residents receive dedicated training in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), with opportunities for hands-on care in continuity clinics and hospital environments.
Serving Our Community
Community engagement is central to the identity of the Madison Family Medicine Residency Program. In partnership with our department’s Office of Community Health, residents are encouraged to understand and address the broader factors that influence health and to develop skills that support meaningful, community-engaged practice.
This year’s Senior Book (PDF) highlights scholarly work and community-based projects completed by our most recent graduating class, reflecting the ways residents engage with patients and communities beyond the clinical setting.
A Great Place to Train—and to Live
Madison offers a high quality of life that complements residency training, with a strong sense of community, access to the outdoors, and a vibrant cultural scene. Residents enjoy a city that balances academic energy with neighborhood character, making it an easy place to live, explore, and put down roots.
Madison Clinical Sites
Residents are paired with one of four family medicine clinics for the duration of their training, where they build their own continuity panels and care for patients of all ages.
Belleville Clinic
A small-town practice setting offering residents exposure to rural family medicine just outside Madison.
Northport Drive Clinic
A community-based practice providing care to a socioeconomically diverse urban population on Madison’s north side.
Verona Clinic
A team-based practice serving a rapidly growing suburban community near Epic Systems.
Wingra Family Medicine Clinic (FQHC)
A Federally Qualified Health Center providing care for underserved and multilingual communities in South Madison.
Training Across Academic and Community Hospitals
The program’s primary training site is SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital, a community hospital where family medicine residents serve as the primary in-house physician trainees. This largely unopposed environment allows residents to assume meaningful clinical responsibility, build strong working relationships with faculty and staff, and develop confidence across a broad scope of family medicine. Residents also train at UW Health University Hospital and other community and academic sites, benefiting from additional specialty exposure and academic resources.
Resident Wellness
Resident wellness is a core priority of the Madison Family Medicine Residency Program. The program is intentionally structured to support residents’ physical, emotional, and professional well-being through protected time, community building, accessible leadership, and clear systems of support throughout training. Our resident wellness page has additional information about wellness resources, scheduling policies, retreats, and resident support systems.
Additional Benefits
Wellness and time away are built into training, including protected wellness time, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave options, and program-supported retreats.
Strong professional and financial support, with funded memberships, life-support certifications, board exam fees, and annual professional development funds throughout residency.
Comprehensive benefits and resident support, including health, dental, vision, disability, malpractice coverage, retirement options, and access to confidential counseling and support services.
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Contact Us
Questions about applications and interviews can be sent to: dan.samuelson@fammed.wisc.edu