Shaping the Future of Family Medicine
2020 was an extraordinarily unprecedented year due to the challenges that we faced as a department and community. The COVID-19 global pandemic, a movement to combat racial injustice, and a presidential election brought tension to many homes. While isolation and division are natural reactions, our department is proud of our group and the community's willingness to lead, bring people together, and innovate. In the pages of our Year in Review, you will find how we, as a family, came together to rise to these challenges and bring better health care to our world.
VIEW INTERACTIVE YEAR IN REVIEW
Featured Stories
![COVID-19: How We Adapted and Served](/medicine/familymedicine/images/about/Screen_Shot_2021-06-30_at_33637_PM.png)
COVID-19: How We Adapted and Served
The department helped launch a new COVID-19 respiratory clinic to address the needs of covid-positive patients.
![Moving Forward: HRSA Grant and the Launch of the CU2RE Program](/medicine/familymedicine/images/Defining_Urban_and_Underserved_Rural_Areas_1.jpg)
Moving Forward: HRSA Grant and the Launch of the CU2RE Program
The Comprehensive Urban Underserved and Rural Experience program was born from the $7 million grant awarded to the department to train more physicians for rural and underserved areas in Alabama.
![The Primary Care Landscape](/medicine/familymedicine/images/Med-cov02.png)
The Primary Care Landscape
Training the next generation of compassionate physicians is a statewide effort. In addition to UAB School of Medicine’s main campus in Birmingham, four regional campuses provide opportunities for educating physicians in family medicine and primary care, with concentrations in rural or urban underserved populations.