Mission Statement and Program Aims

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide high quality residency education that yields primary care family medicine providers to practice in Kentucky.

Train Future Physicians

Train future family physicians utilizing a comprehensive competency-based residency curriculum that will provide them with advanced skills in delivering evidence-based and value-based care for highly complex populations that are representative of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Diverse Training Settings

Train residents in a diverse setting, an ambulatory medical home model and in community based and tertiary hospitals, where they will learn the essentials of managing complex patients in a team-based setting, leveraging a transformative healthcare approach that emphasizes chronic care management and preventive and continuity care across the age spectrum.

Professional Residents

Recruit residents who demonstrate professionalism, value teamwork, provide patient-centered care, with a desire to remain in Kentucky after residency.

Inspire Collaboration

Foster collaborations within and outside the department through innovative educational programs that support learner interests and result in scholarly activity.