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Residency Program

Our trainees engage in collaborative learning across the spectrum of Family Medicine.

Why UTSW?

I am very grateful to complete this residency and have truly appreciated support from my mentors and advisors. I have made lasting friendships and will always appreciate the opportunity to have trained here.

I think this is a great residency program and had the supportive environment that I was looking for.

This program was my first choice rank and I'm glad I ended up here. I felt very supported. It was a great opportunity to work with underserved communities. I hope to take with me what I've learned and continue to learn more in my future career.

Training was very comprehensive. I feel very comfortable with most procedures, I am confident in my medical knowledge and clinical abilities, and also reassured in my ability to interpret clinical data.

Residency during a pandemic with two young children was a new level hardship for me, but I received the most support anyone could hope for from their residency program. I was very nervous returning to residency after spending 5 years in the military and not having practiced inpatient medicine for almost 7 years. I am leaving feeling very competent and confident as an attending physician. I haven't for a single moment regretted how I structured my rank list. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all so much.

This program was life changing. I had so many opportunities to learn. I really appreciate the independent learning style this program provided. I had the ability for a well-rounded positive experience without the fear of failure.

I loved my time in residency, if I could go back in time I would rank UTSW 1st again! Thank you for letting me train here! Thank you for supporting me breastfeeding/pumping!

I felt I was part of the team from the first step in the building and am grateful for the opportunities afforded to me to learn and mature into a well-rounded physician.

 
 

By the Numbers

367

Graduates since inception

34%

Residents from underrepresented minorities

81%

Female Residents

88%

Nonwhite residents

70%

Female faculty

52%

Nonwhite faculty

34

Full-time physician teaching faculty

22%

D.O. residents

53

Resident research projects presented at national conferences in 2019-2023

Program History

  • 1974 – The Department of Family and Community Medicine is established.
  • 1996 – The UT Southwestern Family Medicine Residency Program is established and recruits its first class of residents.
  • 2002 – The UT Southwestern Family Medicine Residency Program merges with the St. Paul Family Medicine Residency Program and forms two clinical tracks:
    • St. Paul Family Medicine Track
    • Parkland Family Medicine Track
  • 2005 –The residency program shifts to one track, the Parkland Family Medicine Track, with continuity clinic centered at Parkland Family Medicine Clinic with 10 positions per year.
  • 2017 – The residency program expands to a 14-position per year program with a new partnership with Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas (THD). This is the first academic program to launch in an alliance with Texas Health Resources, resulting in a new Family Medicine Residency clinic and many unique educational experiences for our residents. The program forms two clinical tracks:
    • Parkland Family Medicine Practice
    • Southwestern Health Resources Practice
  • 2020 – The residency program re-integrates from two distinct clinical practice to one program with diverse experiences across county, academic, private and community clinical settings.
  • 2025  The residency program expanded to 16 positions per year program.

Our program has graduated more than 360 residents who have confidently entered private outpatient practice, hospital medicine, urgent care, a variety of fellowships, and academic medicine in the Dallas area and beyond.