Let me be the first to welcome you to CRMEF!
Founded in 1971, the Cedar Rapids Family Medicine Residency is at once one of the first and most respected family medicine programs in the country and, as a p4 residency, one of the newest and most innovative.
That said, innovation is really nothing new around here.
After all, we here at CRMEF have been living on the cutting-edge of family medicine ever since we welcomed our very first residents all those years ago.
With faculty ever ready to push the training envelope. Residents who have always known that if it could be done, we’d find a way to let you do it. And with an understanding that from day one our residents are nurtured daily to full independence ― the better to be prepared for practice after graduation.
What’s more, we’ve had an electronic medical record for going on 12 years. And we use that EMR with all of the expertise that comes from all of those 12 years of experience.
Not just for the routine tracking of everyday patient encounters. But to foster resident education. Properly manage patients with chronic diseases. And to ensure optimal quality of care. For each and every patient. Every single visit.
It won’t surprise you, too, that our faculty physicians have always been encouraged to pursue their particular passions.
So much so that right now you can find faculty members whose interests include obstetrics. Inpatient and critical care medicine. Geriatrics. Hospice and palliative medicine. Women’s health. Adolescent medicine. Rural medicine. Medical humanities. And research.
Which means that, whatever your own passions, you are sure to find a home here ― and a faculty member who will help you to feel at home.
And, when it comes to passions, our family medicine continuity clinic is a Federally Qualified Health Center ― arguably the place of greatest need for any family physician.
There is, in fact, so much that I would like to tell you about this residency!
And while this web site will provide some of that information, I would love to have the opportunity to tell you more in person when you come here to interview. In the meantime, please feel free to call us or e-mail, if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Anne L. Sullivan, MD
CRMEF Program Director
