Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana

OUR MISSION
The Western Montana Family Medicine Residency Program exists to provide superior, comprehensive education in Family Medicine. We are committed to developing family physicians who are compassionate, clinically competent, and motivated to serve patients and communities in the rural and underserved areas of Montana.

OUR PHILOSOPHY
We believe that:

• Patient care must be compassionate to be excellent
• Our faculty, residents, and staff will be committed to serving Montana's health care needs
• We will nurture habits that foster life balance and sustain personal and professional energy and enthusiasm
• It is crucial to provide residents with the ability to practice efficient, cost-effective, evidence-based medicine
• Residents should enhance their teaching and leadership skills during their training
• Our success is dependent on collaboration, communication, teamwork, and being essential members of our communities

Faculty:
Dr. Ned Vasquez, Director, Family Medicine Dr. at Western MT Clinic, Lolo.
Dr. Nerrissa Koehn
Dr. John Miller
Dr. Rebecca Kinney

Current Timeline for implementation:

• Week of October 17, 2011: Deadline for ACGME accreditation application submission
• January 2012: ACGME application approval
• Q1 2012: ACGME accreditation site visit
• May 2012: ACGME accreditation decision
• Fall 2012: Begin medical student interviewing
• March 2013: National "Match" results announced
• July 2013: Matriculate 1st class