Program Highlights

Clinic Every Day™
Our fully ACGME-accredited program is unique in that residents have their own Clinic Every Day. This allows patients to see their own doctor 90% of the time, compared to the 50% continuity most residency programs have. This model allows residents to treat a breadth of common primary care problems, connect with their patients and families, and learn to manage an increasing patient load efficiently. Each resident gets their own desk in our beautiful resident room with 180 degree mountain views. Our residents are highly skilled clinicians who find it easy to transition into a variety of practices and fellowships after residency. 180-degree

Community-based & Unopposed

Training at a community hospital differs from an academic medical center. At St. Mark's Hospital, our residents are the only residents, i.e., no competition from other programs or residency specialties. Our residents are the primary learners on the team on all of the rotations at St. Mark's Hospital, allowing for one-on-one training with specialty providers. St. Mark's Hospital has 325 beds and has won multiple national awards for its high-quality cardiology and orthopedic departments. Despite being a community program, we get the opportunity to train at the elite Primary Children’s Hospital, inpatient pediatrics during R1 and emergency pediatrics during R2

Monthly Resident Social Events: Being a small residency program, we think of our co-residents as family. Each month, one resident plans a social event to bring our family together outside of the hospital. Past events have included bar trivia night, chili cookoff, pickleball, Gilmore Girls movie night, paint & sip night hosted by Taylor Schofield, bowling, and many others. This is the highlight of the month for our residents!

AI Scribe: We are dedicated to preparing residents to be successful beyond residency. This includes learning to use AI scribes in safe and efficient ways. Residents can begin to utilize AI scribes as soon as the end of R1. Starting in R2, residents can get their AI Scribe paid for my the residency.

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Benefits Package includes health, dental, vision, life, disability, auto/home, identity/theft, and pet insurance. For full benefits, please contact Tricia Farnes, residency coordinator.

R1 - $74,700

R2 - $77,050

R3 - $80,100

Tracks - see more info on Tracks tab

Sports Medicine:

Intermountain Park City Canyons Village Ski Clinic. Each ski season, R2s rotate at a ski clinic at the base of the Canyons Ski resort in Park City, Utah. During this high-volume, fast-paced rotation, residents learn to treat a variety of sports-related injuries and emergencies. R3s often return for more elective time.

Global Health:

Refugee care. We practice global health right in our clinic. Utah accepts approximately 1000 refugees annually. Our clinic is 1 of 2 clinics in the valley that performs the initial screening of new arrival refugees. You can work with passionate faculty to do initial intake and screenings for new refugees. Our residents often become the primary care provider (including maternity and child care) for these displaced families, giving residents an opportunity to practice English-as-a-second-language encounters and learn about cultures from around the world. Approximately 25% of our patients have a non-English preferred language.

Individual opportunities. Residents may use their ACGME-allotted away time for international rotations and undeserved rotations with IHC. Former residents have created a personalized ‘Global health track’ to prepare them for fellowship training and global health job opportunities.

Past trips: Peru, Dominican Republic, Brazil (World Organization of Family Physicians), Honduras (Shoulder to Shoulder medical mission)

Other opportunities:

Kansas City: Residents attend the National AAFP meeting each year in Kansas to present their research and to run a booth at the recruiting session.

Aledade FIRST Program: Aledade FIRST is a value-based care online curriculum program for early-career physicians. The program connects primary care residents with independent private practices and rural or community health centers experiencing physician shortages driven by a retiring workforce. By introducing value-based care principles early in training, FIRST builds a pathway for mission-driven, practice-ready primary care physicians, aligned with CMS's 2030 goal for universal value-based care participation. Aledade FIRST program provides job placement support with an Aledade partner practice or community health center and up to financial incentives of up to $60,000, in alignment with loan forgiveness programs. Find more info here: https://aledade.com/residents.