Offutt Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency
The combination of the UNMC and Offutt Air Force Base Family Medicine departments creates the nation's second-largest family medicine residency. We have a tremendous breadth of experience available for residents and medical students in a wide variety of settings from urban to suburban to rural sites.
We offer a top-notch education for family medicine training – we hope you'll join us in some capacity.
The Air Force arm of the residency is a 3-year program with 8 residents per training year. Graduates can be assigned anywhere there is an Air Force base, from Japan to Italy and everywhere in between. You may also apply to go directly into flight medicine upon graduation. Some highlights of the training include:
- Inpatient work in university, suburban, and rural hospital settings
- Wide variety of outpatient specialty rotations
- Dedicated 2 month rural rotation in small Nebraska towns
- Robust sports medicine program supporting Division 1 NCAA sporting events
- Excellent procedural availability for colonoscopy, obstetrics, vasectomies, colposcopies, IUDs, endometrial biopsy, minor skin procedures, office obstetrical ultrasound, and much more
- An empanelment of patients cared for at the Air Force clinic
- Unique military training experiences such as the Tactical Combat Casualty Care
Additional Information
Interested applicants must be medical school graduates and accessioned into the Air Force by the report date in early June. Applications are processed by the Joint Services Graduate Medical Education Selection Board. Deadline for submission of an application is mid-September.
The most up-to-date information can be reviewed at the Air Force GME webpage.
In addition to benefits and salary information for all UNMC residents, Family Medicine house officers receive:
- Paid travel for conference presentations
- Financial support for research
- Food provided for Grand Rounds
- AAFP membership in first year
- Access to Family Medicine house officer lounge
- Wellness resources including access to Family Medicine Wellness Room
Stephen Cagle, MD
Program Director
Ehrling Berquist Clinic 2501 Capehart Road Offutt AFB, NE 68113
402-232-8856