Scottsdale Healthcare is committed to being the healthcare provider of choice for the Northeast Valley. Led by a community-based board of directors, Their mission is to identify and meet the healthcare needs of our community and to meet or exceed our patients'expectations of service.

A nonprofit organization, Scottsdale Healthcare was founded in 1962 as City Hospital of Scottsdale. Today we serve the entire Northeast Valley and beyond through our three campuses,two hospitals, outpatient centers, home health services and a wide range of community health education and outreach programs.

Family Medicine Residency Program


Scottsdale Healthcare's Family Medicine Residency Program was established in 1974. Our community-based program has an affiliation with the University of Arizona College of Medicine. The high standards of training in our program have been documented through a long history of successful graduates and a 100% pass rate on the American Board of Family Practice Certification Examination. We are a member of the Arizona Medical Education Consortium (AzMEC) which ensures high quality medical education in the Phoenix area.

Our Mission

Our mission is to produce excellent family physicians who are knowledgeable, capable, and compassionate. This is accomplished through an academically stimulating learning environment, where residents and faculty are encouraged to pursue a regular and systematic program of lifelong learning. We value maintaining health and preventing disease throughout the life of our patients.

Our graduates, as family physicians shall:

* Provide comprehensive, relationship-centered primary care.
* Maintain continuity of care and collaborate effectively with other healthcare providers.
* Provide high-quality, cost-effective care.
* Maintain and add to their knowledge and skills in the practice of family medicine.
* Practice preventive medicine in the context of the individual, family, and community.
* Consider behavioral, emotional, social, cultural, and environmental factors as they promote health.
* Demonstrate the highest standard of professional conduct and ethical practice.
* Maintain a balance between professional satisfaction and a rewarding personal life.

Our graduates have gone on to practice in a wide variety of settings, including private practice, academic institutions, rural settings, urgent care or ER based practices, and as hospitalists.

Since the program's inception, approximately one half of our graduates have remained in the state of Arizona, while others have gone on to practice throughout the United States and internationally.


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Pharmacy Practice Residency Program

Scottsdale Healthcare's Pharmacy Practice Residency Program was established in 2003 and is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

Pharmacy Services currently offers two positions for a pharmacy practice resident. Pharmacy residents rotate between the Scottsdale Healthcare Shea and the Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn campuses.

The residency is designed to assist pharmacists in obtaining established goals and objectives in accordance with standards established by the ASHP through the Residency Learning Service (RLS) program. Pharmacists must be licensed or obtain a license within four months of beginning the Residency.

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