Opened in 1928, Shands at AGH has developed into a full service, not-for-profit hospital, which is now a member of the Shands Hospitals family and the University of Florida Health System. It is located one block from the Family Medicine Center.

Shands at AGH provides a wide range of medical services through its highly skilled medical staff practicing all major medical specialties and subspecialties.

To meet the needs of a growing community, Shands at AGH has created Centers of Excellence in heart care, cancer care, women's health and emergency medicine. These centers are characterized by outstanding physician and nursing teams, sophisticated technology and both inpatient and outpatient programs.

Patients are admitted to the Family Medicine Inpatient Service from the Family Medicine Center, Emergency Department, and outlying clinics in the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine. Patients come from all socioeconomic classes with a variety of common medical problems.

With more than 2,000 admissions per year, the Family Medicine Inpatient Service provides residents with in-depth exposure to the full range of general medical problems encountered in family medicine as well as many critically ill patients. Residents rapidly become familiar with a variety of procedures and have ample exposure to experiences such as hemodynamic monitoring, hemodialysis, ventilator management, hyperalimentation and management of cardiac arrest.

Faculty from the Family Medicine Residency Program attend full time on the Inpatient Service. Each patient is assigned to a resident as their primary physician with the full-time faculty attending physician as back-up. The resident is responsible for all matters of patient care, writes all orders concerning the patient, and is the major decision maker regarding that patient. Residents function like private physicians with the assistance and supervision of faculty and are regarded as such by the hospital staff, medical staff, and most importantly, their patients. Resident teaching rounds conducted by our faculty are held daily.

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Introduction • Program History • Shands @ AGH • Shands @ UF
Family Medicine Center • Behavioral Medicine Program
Family-Centered Perinatal Care Program • Curriculum and Conferences
Application Instructions • Gainesville, Florida and the surrounding area