Family like atmosphere where residents and faculty enjoy spending time together at work and after hours.  The program and office staff are an integral part of the training and understand and support the residents as they mature in their abilities.

Diverse and busy clinic affords broad clinical experience:

• 19,000+ family medicine clinic visits annually
• 4,500 pediatric clinic visits annually
• Multi-cultural population including Hispanic, Russian, Burmese, Korean and African immigrants

Cutting edge technology for patient care and resident education:

• Electronic Medical Records in our clinic and forthcoming in the hospital
• Photo Colposcopy

Diverse approach to learning:

• Noon conferences provide daily didactic session
• PharmD provides didactic conferences and staffing
• Opportunity to teach medical students 2nd, 3rd and 4th years
• Procedure Workshops in Colposcopy, Casting and Splinting, Joint Injection, Nasopharyngoscopy, OB Ultrasound, Dermatologic Procedures 
• ALSO, ACLS, PALS, NRP Courses
• Ambulatory and Inpatient Morning Reports

Our excellence is illustrated by our many faculty, resident, and hospital awards:

• Family Medicine Board Scores 100%
• IAFP Award for Excellence in Resident Research - 1998, 2000, 2002
• IAFP Teacher of the Year Award - 2007, 2008 
• IAFP Resident of the Year Award - 1998, 2002, 2003, 2008 
• IAFP A. Alan Fischer Award for Excellence in Family Medicine Teaching - 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
• STFM New Faculty Scholar Award - 2000
• Friend of PT Award - 2005
• Indiana State Department of Health - Most Improved Immunization Rate for a public provider - 2005
• Outstanding Community Service Award
• Resident Scholarships and Education Grants
• AAFP Annual Conference on Patient Education and Chief Resident Leadership Programs
• Faculty member featured in Indianapolis Monthly March 2001 cover story, "Top Doctors".

Academic Rigor

• Residents experience a wide variety of pathology in primary and tertiary care settings
• Multi-cultural patient population
• Fellowship: 100% of residents applying to fellowships are successful in matching into their field of choice
• Three areas of concentration:
  • Hospitalist
  • Maternal/Child
  • Sports Medicine

Research

• IAFP Award for Excellence in Resident Research
• St.Vincent is a major research center involved in multi-center national and international trials
• Residents have ample opportunities to work with funded researchers
• Top resident research honors State ACP-ASIM meetings

Friendly Environment

• Focus placed on healthy resident families
• Strong sense of mission and teamwork
• Resident sport teams and gatherings
• Time allocated for reading and outside interests