Medical School Receives Award For Outstanding Family Medicine Program

Awarded by the American Academy of Family Physicians

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (April 27, 2007) --The University of Minnesota Medical School has been awarded an Achievement Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians and recognized as one of the Top 10 medical schools in the nation for training physicians interested in family medicine.

“We are very proud to be recognized for our success in educating family medicine physicians,” said University of Minnesota Medical School Dean Deborah E. Powell, M.D. “The education of primary care physicians is one of our core values and is the particular mission of our Duluth campus."

This award acknowledges schools that strive to encourage students’ interest in family medicine and to produce graduates to enter this specialty. Based on a three-year average ending October 2006, the U of M Medical School has placed 16.8 percent of its graduates in family medicine residency programs. The school thus ranks in the Top 10 medical schools in the nation who train and produce family medicine physicians.

Minnesota is one of 10 medical schools receiving this award. Other schools include University of Kansas School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and Loma Linda University School of Medicine.

The schools will be recognized during the Society of Teacher of Family Medicine (STFM) Annual Spring Conference being held in Chicago. The conference takes place on Friday, April 27, 2007. For more information on the conference, please visit http://www.stfm.org/annualconf/an07/index.htm. 

The Academic Health Center is home to the University of Minnesota’s six health professional schools and colleges as well as several health-related centers and institutes. Founded in 1851, the University is one of the oldest and largest land grant institutions in the country. The AHC prepares the new health professionals who improve the health of communities, discover and deliver new treatments and cures, and strengthen the health economy.

Contact: Sara E. Buss, Academic Health Center, 612-624-2449
Amy Devore, Academic Health Center, 612-626-4784