The Department of Family and Community Medicine plays a leading role in a full continuum of educational programs at UCSF.

• Our faculty ensures that every UCSF medical student is taught fundamental generalist clinical skills and patient-centered primary care.
• We emphasize preparation of outstanding family physicians through family medicine residency training programs at San Francisco General Hospital and eight other community-based affiliated family medicine residencies in Norther California.
• We are training the next generation of academic leaders in family and community medicine through family medicine postdoctoral research and faculty development fellowships.
• We provide continuing medical education courses and other educational support to practicing physicians and health professionals.