Valley Baptist Family Practice Residency Program
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The Mission of the Valley Baptist Family Practice Residency Program is to provide excellent care for our patients, quality training for our residents and compassionate outreach in our community as we strive to follow Christ's example of healing lives and relationships.
 

Christian
   For thirteen years our spunky 5-5-5 program has been equipping residents and their families to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Our state-of-the-art, fully-loaded, computerized, wireless clinic is the centerpiece of our professional life. Our team of faculty, nurses and business staff and our 100 patient visits a day guarantee daily learning and terrific hands-on experience for each resident.
   Our 500-bed hospital provides every ancillary test, service, and 'ologist' you can name.

Community
   Our Tex-Mex culture brings the best of the Southwest together in one friendly, supportive, small-town atmosphere. Toss in a little South Padre Island for flavor and you get a great place to work, play, and raise a family.
   Our dynamic community outreaches include the Summer Medical Institute (SMI) and weekly free clinics for our poverty-stricken neighbors. These experiences offer each resident real-life preparation for short and long term medical missions as well as real-life practice in rural, urban or third world settings.

Curriculum
   Our fully-accredited, apprentice-style curriculum drives the rotation-model guys crazy. Our residents are not owned by internists or surgeons. We are family docs, doing family doctoring. Our unique scheduling means flexibility: more opportunity for procedures like OB ultrasound, colonscopy, vaginal and operative deliveries, colposcopy and plenty of patient encounters, home visits, school outreaches and health fairs.
    Look under the 'Residency' tab on the toolbar for a sample resident schedule.

     
 
Valley Baptist Family Practice Residency Program
2222 Benwood Street, Harlingen, Texas 78550     956.389.2440   fax: 956.389.2498
email: familypractice@valleybaptist.net       an affiliate of Valley Baptist Health System