The Department of Family and Community Medicine is a recognized leader in the fields of clinical care, premedical education, practice-based research, and student health services. On the Birmingham campus alone, the department employs 21 clinicians who are devoted to family medicine patient care and to the health and welfare of UAB students. In addition, 5 affiliate faculty provide patient care in UAB PrimeCare satellite clinics, over 100 physicians serve as preceptors and course instructors for third and fourth year medical students and nearly 100 have worked with the research network. The UAB Health System also continues to maintain Family Medicine Residency programs in Huntsville and Selma and medical student programs in Huntsville, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, each with their own faculty and staff.