October 8, 2013 — The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Family Medicine Residency Program celebrated its 20th anniversary October 7-11, coinciding with national “Primary Care Week”. The University of Hawai`i Mānoa (UHM) Family Medicine Residency Program was created in 1994, with its major focus to train doctors who practice in under-represented communities within the Hawaiian islands and the Pacific Basin.  In the case of Family Medicine, residency training is a three-year program during which MDs practice medicine under the supervision of experienced faculty, as they acquire the skills needed to become board-certified family medicine doctors. The Family Medicine Residency Program has produced 106 family physicians—70% of whom remain in Hawai`i caring for patients and offering their own practices as teaching sites so that JABSOM medical students can experience front-line clinical care. Many program graduates hold leadership positions in community health centers that serve uninsured, minority patients and/or in academic sites training medical students and residents for this challenging field. The Family Medicine Residency Program enrolls six new resident physicians annually, seeking young doctors committed to improving the health of the people of Hawai`i. In addition, the residency program hosts physicians from Japan who are interested in learning about the United States health care system.