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The Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) sponsors our unique Wilderness Medicine Fellowship.
Quarterly didactics with regularly scheduled outdoor trips in Montana’s backcountry provide hands-on learning of medical care under harsh conditions. We focus on practical, applied learning. Resident feedback and involvement guides program development. After finishing the course, residents can apply for Fellow in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine in the Wilderness Medical Society.
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Since 2021, Montana Family Medicine Residency has offered a year-long Rural Critical Care Fellowship.
This non-accredited program through Billings Clinic is targeted toward family medicine residency graduates who want to development clinical skills in emergency and critical care.
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Fellows alternate between Billings campus and critical access hospitals, and lodging is provided in rural communities.
To apply, contact Billings Clinic Physician Recruitment
The Montana Family Medicine Residency Public Health and Advocacy Track offers residents the skills and perspective to act as advocates for their communities.
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The track combines experiential and didactic learning opportunities in Public Health Services at RiverStone Health, coupled with distance learning from the University of Montana. Residents receive a Track Certification of Completion from MFMR and can receive a Certificate of Public Health from the University of Montana, with the option of applying their credit toward a future Master of Public Health graduate degree.
All trackers have opportunities to interact with their legislators at the state capitol in Helena and their U.S. congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., and to set up elective time with the state medical officer in Helena.
At the beginning of the intern year, one resident will be selected from interested candidates. Acceptance hinges on past involvement in community health and advocacy, the likelihood of integrating community health into a future practice, and the likelihood of ongoing practice in Montana.
They also have the opportunity to participate in a state physician leadership program and receive credit toward a Masters in Health Administration through Montana State University-Billings.
Each year, one second- or third-year family medicine resident has the chance to spend a four-week rotation in Mongolia. In the vast, rugged expanses of Mongolia, our residents learn to provide simple health screens and consultations to rural population.
During the rotation, the resident learns to appreciate the resources available in industrialized countries and to effectively practice medicine without those technological and diagnostic tools.
MFMR partners with BioRegions to support a resident each academic year to travel to Mongolia. The program sends a multi-disciplinary team from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana with a goal to help Mongolians lead healthier lives by collaborating with local medical providers.
