M.D. Students

All M.D. students will be exposed tot he medical field of Family medicing during the six-week M-III Family Medicine core clerkship in Columbia. Students will also have the option to take one of multiple Family and Preventative Medicine focused electives during either a two-week period during the third year, or through one of multiple four week periods duing M-IV rotations when they are looking to further establish a specialty. Further information regarding the M.D. clerkship program can be found on the M.D. Program curriculum page.

Residents

Family Medicine Residency

Since 1977, the Family Medicine Residency Program based at Prisma Health Richland Hospital has taken pride in training more than 300 successful family physicians for South Carolina and the nation.

Our graduates practice in all types of settings, including our outpatient family medicine clinic, the hospital, the home, the classroom, in long-term care facilities and on the athletic field. Our strong history provides an excellent foundation for preparing you for modern practice.

We are fully committed to training family physicians in the Model of Care, outlined in the Future of Family Medicine report.

Preventive Medicine Residency

The Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia Preventive Medicine Residency Program is a two-year program in general preventive medicine and public health. Our curriculum combines clinical and academic training with practicum experiences in a variety of public health and preventive medicine settings.

Our training program includes completing a master's degree in public health, allowing residents to develop skills in clinical preventive medicine as well as epidemiology, public health practice, research, quality improvement, program evaluation and health policy.

We are committed to offering a curriculum and training experience that will ensure the acquisition of the preventive medicine specialty competencies necessary for competent and effective preventive medicine and public health practice in a wide variety of settings and disciplines.

Fellows

Family Medicine Global Health Fellowship

The two-year Family Medicine Global Health Fellowship Program offers an opportunity to develop teaching and leadership skills for international medical work, while also taking courses from the Arnold School of Public Health. A master’s degree in public health will be completed during the second year.

This program will have the fellow spending approximately nine months of the year in the United States, with three months being abroad on a related international service project.

This fellowship is a salaried University of South Carolina clinical instructor positon. In addition to salary, it includes State of South Carolina Public Employee Benefits and professional liability coverage through South Carolina State Insurance Reserve Fund.

Point of Care Ultrasound Fellowship

The Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Program is a year-long training program in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for physicians interested in learning and teaching the acquisition, interpretation and application of medical ultrasound technology at the point-of-care.

Sports Medicine Fellowship (Primary Care)

The mission of the Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program rests on four central pillars:

1. Diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are actively recruiting people of all backgrounds to train with our fellowship program. We are striving to grow a sports medicine workforce as diverse as the athletes and weekend warriors who are our patients. We understand that patients are more likely to trust physicians who are like them and therefore will receive better care. 
2. Breadth of experience. Fellows are exposed to the breadth of primary care sports medicine through rotations and longitudinal experiences in a wide variety of topic areas. Fellows work with a broad spectrum of athletes at the high school level, the collegiate level and the professional level, giving them a real depth of experience in sideline coverage.
3. Excellence in education. Learning and teaching within the fellowship covers the breadth of primary care sports medicine. Fellow-led didactics cover the full spectrum of the specialty. Fellows precept medical students and residents on rotation, guest lecture in the graduate-level athletic training program, and teach MSK ultrasound to community physicians.
4. Evaluation and feedback. Fellows are encouraged to set learning goals at the beginning of fellowship and refine them as the fellowship year progresses. Feedback is solicited from the fellows so that changes may be made to strengthen the learning experience and improve the fellowship.

Our fellows are well prepared to practice in the setting of their choice after graduation, are highly regarded as a referral source for their primary care colleagues and are seen as leaders in the communities in which they serve.