Family Medicine: The Gift of Healthcare for Life

Family and Community Medicine provides continuous, comprehensive, compassionate and personal care for patients of both sexes and all ages, within the context of family and community. As family physicians, we are committed to fostering health and integrating health care services for the whole person by humanizing medicine and providing scientific, evidence-based, high quality care. We care for patients with acute and chronic problems, both in a clinic setting or in the hospital, when needed. We also manage preventive services for our patients, and can coordinate rehabilitative care and supportive care.

The Department of Family and Community Medicine is nationally-recognized for its excellence and innovation in providing primary care educational opportunities for medical students and family practice residents. The residency program based at the UC Davis Medical Center has 42 residents and offers residents great flexibility in tailoring their training experience to meet future professional needs. The program also offers special dual training program opportunities in psychiatry and obstetrics. In addition, the department sponsors one of the premier training programs in the nation for family nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

In addition to providing clinical services and teaching responsibilities, family medicine faculty members engage in a wide variety of research programs. Special areas of emphasis in the department include health behavior change, physician-patient communication, chronic illness care, women's health, and health disparities (lessening disparities, role of culture in medicine, etc.)