The Family Practice Center is where resident physicians learn to provide comprehensive continuing care for their patients. This state-of-the-art clinical facility has all the features of a modern physician's office – plus dedicated suites for ambulatory surgery, flexible sigmoidoscopy, treadmill EKGs, colposcopy and LEEP. There are special X-ray and laboratory facilities, and a cutting-edge electronic medical record that combines patient-centered information storage and retrieval with the best in electronic patient education materials, real-time literature searching capabilities, and seamless integration with the Internet.

The Family Practice Center is the central learning facility of the residency. It is in this setting that residents develop their office medicine skills and provide continuing care to patients who select them as their family physician. Residents maintain responsibility for their patients' care throughout the training programs, thereby acquiring the skills needed to deliver continuing, comprehensive care. Emphasis is placed on patient education and maintaining health as well as treating disease.