2026 Graduation - Faculty and Residents

Program Overview

St. Mark’s Family Medicine Residency was founded in 1994 by family medicine residents who sought to transform the traditional residency curriculum to better meet the needs of both learners and patients.

Clinic/ Hospital Tour

Take a virtual tour of St. Mark’s Family Medicine Residency! Get a glimpse of our physicians’ lounge, cafeteria with UNLIMITED free meals, dedicated resident workroom in the hospital, and our resident clinic, where every resident has their OWN dedicated desk and beautiful mountain views!

Clinic Every Day™
Our fully ACGME-accredited program is unique in that residents participate in our innovative Clinic Every Day™ model, maintaining their own continuity clinic throughout residency. This allows patients to see their own physician (YOU!) approximately 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 has their own dedicated desk in our beautiful resident workroom with 180-degree mountain views. Our residents graduate as highly skilled clinicians who are well prepared to transition into a wide variety of clinical practices and fellowships.

Independent Learning

Along with our Clinic Every Day™ model, we also value an adult-learning approach, encouraging residents to be motivated, curious self-starters who are excited to learn and grow. Residents have nine months of elective time to tailor their education to their interests and future career goals. Our faculty, along with St. Mark’s Hospital physicians and community providers, foster a thriving learning environment for our residents, preparing them for independent practice, fellowships, and beyond. Even during required rotations, residents can choose the faculty members they work with to maximize their learning experiences.

Our adult-learning philosophy also emphasizes a balance between autonomy and supervision. Our residents learn to manage inpatient and outpatient concerns independently, with faculty, intensivists, and obstetrical hospitalists available to support patient care and resident education. Combined with a predictable and flexible call schedule, our curriculum allows residents time to train abroad, provide medical coverage for local sports teams, attend conferences, and moonlight.

Noon Conference Didactics

Every weekday at noon, our residents and faculty come together for a dedicated didactic session. This protected time allows for uninterrupted learning from faculty, specialists, and one another. It also provides time to connect with our co-residents and catch up on the day. Each resident is required to present several lectures each year. Residents help schedule and select lecture topics, ensuring we get the lectures we want.

Unopposed & Community-based

Training at a community hospital differs from training at an academic medical center. At St. Mark's Hospital, our residents are the only residency trainees, meaning no competition from other programs or specialties for clinical experiences and procedures. Our residents are the primary learners during rotations at St. Mark's Hospital, allowing for one-on-one training with specialists. St. Mark's Hospital has 325 beds and has won multiple national awards for its high-quality cardiology and orthopedic services. Despite being a community program, we also have the opportunity to train at the renowned Primary Children’s Hospital, with inpatient pediatrics during R1 and pediatric emergency medicine during R2.

Ski Clinic

During R2, residents spend one month rotating at the Intermountain Park City Canyons Village Ski Clinic. This high-volume sports medicine clinic provides hands-on experience, strengthening your MSK exam, splinting, reduction, and suturing skills. All while working mountainside at one of the state’s premier ski resorts. This is one of our residents' favorite rotations!

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Location, Location, Location

Location is one of the main factors applicants use in selecting their future residency program. Few places on earth combine cosmopolitan advantages with unspoiled natural beauty quite the way Utah does. Salt Lake City is the gateway to ten national parks, including Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Arches, and Zion, along with six national monuments, and nine national forests, all within a day’s drive. The seven canyons surrounding Salt Lake City receive 450 inches of snow annually, creating unsurpassed skiing. No wonder Salt Lake City was selected as the site for the 2002 and upcoming 2034 Winter Olympics.

Residency

  • Community-based, unopposed residency owned by Utah HealthCare Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to resident education

  • Fully ACGME-accredited

  • Enjoy a predictable call schedule, with most Sundays off

  • Competitive salary and benefits package

  • 100% of our graduates are board certified

  • ABFM In-Training Exam: has recently scored higher than 72% of the FM residency programs nationally

  • Excellent fellowship match rate, including sports medicine, obstetrics, geriatrics, hospice and palliative care, addiction medicine, and sleep medicine

  • Low resident-to-faculty ratio

  • Faculty have special interests in international and refugee medicine, sports medicine, addiction medicine, lifestyle medicine, women's health, geriatrics and hospice care, and more

  • Geriatric continuity experience, following 5-6 patients throughout R2-R3 at Draper Rehabilitation and Care Center

  • Opportunities for home visits

Clinic

  • Residents are in their own continuity clinic every weekday

  • Level III Patient-Centered Medical Home

  • Participates in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

  • 15,000 patient visits/year

  • Recently expanded and renovated clinic space

  • Competent staff with dedication transition of care nurses and care coordinators

  • In-house LMFT for patient care

  • Clinic EMR: Athena

Average # of clinic patients seen in the year:
R1 315
R2 630
R3 1126

Hospital

  • St. Mark's Hospital is a 325-bed community hospital

  • Level II Trauma Center

  • 34-bed ICU

  • While the hospital originated as an Episcopalian institution, it no longer has any religious affiliation

  • Recently renovated women’s pavilion with over 1,900 deliveries annually

  • Obstetrical hospitalists available in-house 24/7

  • Behavioral Health Unit and Acute Rehab Facility on campus

  • Superb social work, case management, and spiritual care support

  • Hospital EMR: Epic

Nuts and Bolts

  • Competitive salary

    • R1 - $74,700

    • R2 - $77,050

    • R3 - $80,100

  • Comprehensive benefits package for residents and their families, including paid vacation (with flexible scheduling), medical, dental, life, pet insurance, fully paid malpractice insurance, retirement plan, sick leave, and maternity/paternity leave

  • Two weeks of orientation for incoming R1s

  • BLS, ACLS, NRP, PALS, and ALSO courses paid for

  • Annual Up-to-Date subscription

  • CME time and funding during R2 and R3

  • 21 work days of paid time off annually

  • Annual one-day clinic retreat

  • Annual faculty-resident retreat

  • One 24-hour shift weekly during three months of inpatient Family Medicine service in R2 and R3 (approximately 12 shifts total)

  • From-home call averages q8 weekdays and q8 weekends

Non-Discrimination

The Utah HealthCare Institute and St. Mark's Family Medicine Residency will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation including gender identity, unfavorable discharge from the military or status as a protected veteran and will comply with all federal and state non-discrimination, equal opportunity and affirmative action laws, orders and regulations. This non-discrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, access to and treatment in the clinic facilities and activities.