The University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine is a premier department in the discipline, whose graduates have an impressive track record of leadership in clinical, teaching and research organizations. The department has a long history of successful fellowship training through a number of programs, each of which is described briefly on this page. Click on the links for more detailed information.

Faculty Development Fellowship A nationally recognized part-time program for early career academic family physicians. Participants acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to be effective teachers and mentors, consumers of and contributors to scholarship in family medicine, members of complex organizations, and capable users and teachers of current information technology.

Career Development Fellowship A highly flexible full-time program for family physicians. Fellowships are one to three years, with an educational program and experience tailored to individual clinical and career objectives. Our goal is to create a fellowship that gives trainees exposure to a clinical area of focus, mentored experience as a teacher with a variety of different learners, exposure to management and leadership on a departmental/ institutional and statewide basis, and growing experience as a young scholar in family medicine.

NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship Now in its 16th year, this widely recognized fellowship provides extensive research training to primary care physicians—family physicians, general internists and general pediatricians—who are preparing for research-focused academic careers. The program’s two to three-year curriculum includes coursework leading to a masters or doctoral degree in the UNC School of Public Health, seminars in research methods, weekly works-in-progress seminars, involvement in fellow- and faculty-led research projects and close mentoring, in an environment rich in resources and fellow-peers. This program is based in the campus’ Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

Preventive Medicine Residency An ACGME-approved residency open to physicians who have already completed residencies in other disciplines—thus, it serves as a fellowship—who seek additional skills in the fields of public health and preventive medicine. The program’s 8 to 15 physician participants complete a two-year-long curriculum. The first year consists of full-time coursework leading to an MPH degree, and the second practicum year involves completing a research, healthcare management or public health project on-campus or elsewhere in the state. Residents meet for weekly seminars, complete a 30-day public health experience, and teach medical or public health students. This program is based in UNC’s Department of Social Medicine.