Why UNM for Preventive Medicine?
The UNM Preventive Medicine Residency offers opportunities you won’t find elsewhere, including:
Extensive training by New Mexico Department of Health staff on public health practice activities
- Work with diverse populations in New Mexico including Hispanic and American Indian groups in the Southwest
- Experience with community-based prevention activities through our CDC-funded Prevention Research Center
- Development of skills for working with adolescents through our School-based Health Clinics as a part of the Albuquerque Public Schools
- Development of clinical skills to address addiction through our work at the UNM Addiction and Substance Abuse Program
- Translation of clinical science and epidemiology into preventive medicine practice with the UNM Clinical and Translational Sciences Center
- Opportunities to work with UNM telehealth projects with Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)
- Mentored resident research experience tailored to each resident’s unique interests.
- Opportunities to take part in local and national professional meetings
We offer two years of training that includes coursework leading to a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. The program provides residents with full tuition to complete the MPH degree. Residents also gain experience in public health and clinical practice through a wide variety of experiential learning opportunities.
Preventive Medicine Residency
Program Director
Denece Kesler, MD, MPH
Preventive Medicine Residency
Department of Internal Medicine
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