The East Kentucky Family Medicine Residency Program is a community based program designed to prepare residents for meeting the unique demands of a rural practice and for providing quality care in rural settings. The program is the only residency in the medical center and residents enjoy a one-on-one training experience with their preceptors.

Committed to the common vision of improving health to rural people, the faculty has implemented a well-functioning curriculum that addresses the unique intricacies of rural medicine. The curriculum provides the residents with excellent training in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, and also emphasizes community-oriented primary care, which is so vital to rural medical practice. The faculty members are well trained in their specialties and prepared to carry out the mission of the program. Over 60% of the program’s graduates have chosen rural practice, the vast majority in Kentucky.