Practice Medicine in Montana!
To meet the need of a shortage of physicians in Montana, a new residency program was established in 1995. The Montana Family Medicine Residency has fully matched for the 2009 Intern class, which is its twelfth class of six residents. To meet the newest members of MFMR, click on Residents!
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University of Washington Affliation
The Montana Residency Program is one of the sixteen WWAMI residency programs affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington. The University provides this program with help in faculty development, curriculum development, teaching resources, and evaluation. Full and part-time faculty members hold academic appointments at the University of Washington. U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked The University of Washington among the top medical schools in the nation in Family and Rural Medicine.
- University of Washington School of Medicine
- Montana Academy of Family Physicians
- Montana WWAMI Website
- Billings WWAMI Third Year Track
Experience Montana
Experience Montana’s rural and outdoor lifestyle during residency! You’ll live and work under the Big Sky—pure water, clean air, days of sunshine, no traffic jams, a healthy and safe environment for families. Bring your fly rod, backpack and skis! You’ll find something to look forward to each season. Montana offers a quality of life that is one of the best kept secrets! The program allows you and your family the opportunity to live and work in rural communities before committing to the practice of rural medicine.
Explore the Possibilities of Rural Medicine
Residents have well established physicians as role models who are successful and committed to practicing in rural areas. There are many opportunities to do rotations throughout the state, to get experience in many diverse, rural settings.
Where are they now?
The locations that the graduated residents from MFMR have chosen to practice in are spread out in the state of Montana. Over 70% of our graduates remain in Montana. The majority of them do not have a Montanan town as their hometowns. For more information on our graduates and maps of their practicing locations, please click Alumni News at the top of the page.