Introduction

Goals & Philosophy

Curriculum

Community Description

Family Practice Center

San Joaquin General Hospital

Longitudinal Experiences

Faculty

Compensation and Benefits

Residents

Interview Information

Application

San Joaquin General Hospital offers a complete curriculum, which is in compliance with the American College of Graduate Medical Education and is fully accredited. Rotations by year and length can be found in table form on the following page.

Rotations include:

Family Practice Wards
Providing hands on experience in an inpatient setting under the supervision of faculty physicians, senior residents and specialty faculty as needed.

Internal Medicine
Under the supervision of senior residents and internists. This rotation provides experience in the care of the more complex patient.

Community Medicine
This rotation includes different community site visits such as hospice care, indigent care service, alcohol and substance abuse rehabilitation, public health clinic and adolescent medical service.

OB/Gyn
A fully staffed OB/Gyn department offers training and supervision for residents during their rotation.

ICU
Treatment of the critically ill patient under close supervision.

ER
Care of patients ranging from ambulatory surgery care to the seriously ill/injured patient with ER faculty supervision and a wide scope of specialist support.

Musculosceletal Medicine
This rotation provides outpatient experience in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, under the supervision of faculty orthopedic surgeons and family medicine faculty with sports medicine fellowship.

Pediatrics
Taught by pediatricians, this rotation provides both in and out patient pediatric training.

Intensive Care Nursery
Staffed by neonatologists, offers education and true experience in the evaluatory treatment, and, if necessary, transport of neonatal patients.

Orthopedics
In and outpatient management of the orthopedic patient under the supervisor of faculty orthopedic surgeons.

Medical Sub-Specialties
This rotation offers outpatient experience in pulmonary medicine, neurology, infectious disease, rheumatology, hematology, oncology and endocrinology.

Surgical Sub-Specialties
This rotation offers outpatient experience in ophthalmology, urology, ENT and gastroenterology.

(in weeks)

	First Year	Second Year	Third Year
Cardiology		4 weeks
Community Medicine	4 weeks
Electives		4 weeks	8 weeks
Emergency Medicine		2 weeks	4 weeks
Family Medicine Clinics	2 weeks		4 weeks
Family Medicine Inpatient	8 weeks		8 weeks
Gynecology			4 weeks
Intensive Care		4 weeks
Internal Medicine	8 weeks
Kaiser (Dermatology/Clinics) (Occupational health)			4 weeks
Medical Subspecialties		4 weeks	4 weeks
Musculoskeletal Medicine		8 weeks
Neonatal Intensive Care	2 weeks
Newborn Nursery	2 weeks	4 weeks
Night Float		4 weeks	4 weeks
Obstetrics	8 weeks	4 weeks
Pediatrics	8 weeks	12 weeks
Procedures			4 weeks
Surgery	8 weeks
Surgical Subspecialties			4 weeks