The residency program, which was founded in 1977, is configured with eight residents in each of three years. There are seven full-time family medicine faculty members and a Doctor of Pharmacy, with a combined clinical experience of more than 105 years and all are required to maintain active clinical practices. In addition, psychology faculty are on site at all times, together with doctoral students in psychology. The Program emphasizes clinical care and logic and all accreditation standards for patient flow, duty hours etc, are met or exceeded.
Obstetrics is an active part of the curriculum, as well as sports medicine opportunities. Additionally, there is a one-year fellowship in advanced obstetrical skills and the opportunity for participation in the Master of Public Health degree at University of Minnesota, leading to both certification and master level degree.
Over the past years, the Program has been the program of choice for University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences students, seeking an in-state family medicine residency.