Academic Department of Family Medicine - Amarillo

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Discover How Our Program Empowers Future Leaders

The Department of Family Medicine is an academic department dedicated to preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals through high-quality education, clinical training, and patient care. We bring together faculty, learners, and healthcare professionals to create a collaborative environment where students and trainees develop the knowledge, skills, judgment, and relationships needed to provide thoughtful, comprehensive care throughout their careers.

Our approach to education and patient care is grounded in:

• Comprehensive, person-centered care that considers the whole person over time and respects each individual’s values, needs, and choices

• Care across the lifespan and across diverse communities, including people of all ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicities, and health statuses

• Wellness, prevention, and health promotion as essential components of lifelong health

• Relationships built on communication, collaboration, and trust, among patients, families, learners, and healthcare teams

• Wise and practical application of knowledge, developing clinicians who can translate evidence and experience into thoughtful, effective care

Through education, mentorship, scholarship, and clinical practice, we prepare future healthcare professionals to serve their patients, communities, and the evolving needs of healthcare.