Duke Community and Family Medicine is a front runner in developing innovative educational programs for a wide range of medical professionals and health science learners. Explore our training, fellowship, residency, and faculty development programs below.

 

Medical and Health Professions Training

Health professions training programs include the Duke Physician Assistant Program, Family Medicine Residency and Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency.

Physician Assistant Program

The Duke Physician Assistant Program's mission is to educate caring, competent primary care physician assistants who practice evidence-based medicine, are leaders in the profession, dedicated to their communities, culturally sensitive, and devoted to positive transformation of the health care system. It is the birthplace of the physician assistant profession.

Family Medicine Residency

The Duke Family Medicine Residency Program trains physician leaders who partner with health care and community teams to meet the health needs of patients and populations. The three overlapping domains are leadership development, research/analytic skills acquisition and development, and population health improvement.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency

The residency program in occupational and environmental medicine trains ethical, board-certified, occupational physicians who possess the knowledge and skills necessary to provide occupational and environmental health professional services in a wide variety of settings.

Fellowships

Duke Community and Family Medicine offers the following fellowships:

Clinical Leadership Training

Clinical leadership training is available through the following programs:

Student Training and Resources

Medical and Health Professions Training

Training for Duke's medical students, physician assistant students, and pharmacy students includes:

Scholarship Opportunities

  • Michael R. Nathan Memorial Fund: The Michael R. Nathan Memorial Fund supports an award to a deserving third-year or fourth-year medical student who undertakes a project in community health, occupational health, or international health.
  • The Eva J. Salber Award for Projects in Community Medicine: The Eva J. Salber Award for Projects in Community Health is given to one or more Duke second-year or third-year medical student(s) to enable them to acquire a community perspective in medicine.

Faculty Development

  • Community and Family Medicine faculty and staff may become members of Duke Academy for Health Professions Education and Academic Development (Duke AHEAD), which promotes excellence in the education of health professionals by creating a community of education scholars, fostering innovation in health professions education, supporting outstanding teachers, providing faculty development programs, and facilitating quality education research.
  • Faculty may take advantage of the School of Medicine's Office for Faculty Development, which serves as a resource for faculty at all levels.

Continuing Medical Education

The Department of Community & Family Medicine's Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs offer training in providing exemplary patient care and teaching health professions learners, in addition to providing education on many community and population health topics.

Modules and Seminars