About JPS Academic Affairs
Why JPS
John Peter Smith Hospital is the largest training institution in Fort Worth with
a strong Family Medicine presence. Training is important to the mission of JPS
in its efforts to meet the health care needs of Tarrant County. Family Medicine
is the largest residency with more than seventy graduates annually in Family Medicine,
Sports Medicine, Geriatrics and added skills in Obstetrics, Emergency Medicine,
and Pain Medicine. If you are interested in family medicine, this is a great environment
for an experience rich in primary care leadership.
JPS is also the training site for a large variety of superb specialty care
training programs including a Transitional Internship, Psychiatry, Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Orthopedic Surgery, General Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Podiatry, and Radiology. JPS residents
receive training in a wide variety of skills, receive lectures from nationally
recognized leaders, and actively participate in research and scholarly activity.
Tarrant County Hospital District is proud of its tradition of training highly
qualified health care leaders.
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