General Information

The Family Medicine Residency at Scott & White is an academic training program that blends the best aspects of community-based and university-based training. We are located in Temple, Texas which is approximately 60 miles north of Austin. The residency program serves a large community base representing a very diverse patient population. Additionally, being a tertiary community hospital and referral center with all sub-specialties represented, Scott & White challenges the resident with a broad spectrum of pathophysiology and the interaction of the total healthcare profession. Moreover, although residents receive the benefit of academia, opportunities for research, didactics and exposure to medical school faculty and medical students, the outpatient experience has the personality and atmosphere of a small town community-based program. One of the benefits of the Scott & White Family Medicine Residency Program is the ratio of residents to faculty. There are more than 500 staff physicians at Scott & White, over 100 of which are in the Family Medicine Department.

The Scott & White Family Medicine Residency Program is unique in that the Family Medicine outpatient clinics are located up to 20 miles apart: one in Belton, one in Killeen and one in Temple. The fourth clinic, Northside, is also located in Temple and is utilized primarily by the residents for additional Sports Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine training. These clinics are indispensable as they provide the primary source of medical care to these communities

All of these clinics are freestanding with complete outpatient laboratory and x-ray facilities, conference rooms, libraries, integrated computer systems and two to three exam rooms per resident. In addition to a full complement of support staff, each clinic also boasts several procedure rooms to provide minor surgery, casting, rhinolaryngoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colposcopy, circumcision and stabilization of acute care patients.

The Killeen Clinic is the largest with 56 exam rooms, while Santa Fe Clinic offers 24 exam rooms, Belton 22 and Northside 20. Each clinic is outfitted with cutting edge technology, yet retains a palpable atmosphere of the old-time community clinic serving friends and families.

The Family Medicine Residency Program accepts six residents per year. The faculty is devoted in every aspect to facilitating the highest level of training for the residents. Our residents have historically practiced in very diverse environments ranging from full-scope family medicine, rural medicine, missionary medicine, academic positions, leadership roles in HMO settings and teaching.

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Our Patients

Patients come to us from all walks of life with many differing expectations. While the majority of patients are insured by the Scott & White HMO either privately or through their employer, you will also care for veterans, military personnel, medicare/medicaid, those insured by third party payers and individuals who pay at the time of service. Working with such a diverse patient population gives our residents the ability to see an enormous number of patients and provides a comfortable transition to any practice setting after graduation.

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Important Related Links

American Academy of Family Physicians
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is one of the largest national medical organizations, representing more than 94,300 family physicians, family medicine residents and medical students nationwide. Founded in 1947, its mission is to preserve and promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure high-quality, cost-effective healthcare for patients of all ages.

Family medicine is the medical specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive healthcare for the individual and family. The wide breadth of the specialty integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences while the scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity.

Texas Academy of Family Physicians
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) is a medical specialty organization dedicated to the delivery of quality healthcare. As a constituent chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, TAFP provides its members with a unified voice for family medicine and continues to be one of the most patient-oriented public health groups in Texas.

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) was founded in 1967 to respond to the needs of family medicine educators. From a small beginning of 105 founding members, we have grown to a membership of more than 5,000 teachers of family medicine. The administrative offices are housed with the American Academy of Family Physicians in Leawood, Kansas, enhancing the close relationship between the two organizations. The Society has a 15-person staff in Leawood, Kansas and two part-time staff members in Washington, DC.

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