Introduction

Goals & Philosophy

Curriculum

Community Description

Family Practice Center

San Joaquin General Hospital

Longitudinal Experiences

Faculty

Compensation and Benefits

Residents

Interview Information

Application

The Family Practice Program, in order to provide continuity of care, and provide for the broadest patient care training, has several areas of education, which extend throughout all three years of training.

Behavioral Science
The Behavioral Science curriculum is incorporated into all three years. Elements of the curriculum include individual consultations, didactics, case presentations, videotaping, and resident centered balint group meetings.

Family Medicine
Family Medicine Clinics are structured for continuity of care. Preceptors from both the in house and community based faculty are present during clinics for real time support. Clinics are generally scheduled once a week for first and twice a week for second year residents, and 3-4 times a week for the third year residents. Clinics last 1/2 day.

Nursing Home
Nursing Home visits are incorporated into the second and third year curriculum, with each resident assigned to one or two nursing home patients. Rounds with resident seminars are scheduled monthly. In addition, home visits are done throughout the month along with a faculty member. Home visit patients present a variety of medical conditions from elderly, to the chronically ill, to OB patients.

Didactics
Morning report conferences are held every morning except Wednesday, from 8:00am to 9:00am at the family medicine conference room. Faculty, subspecialty consultants and residents present a broad scope of family medicine topics. Grand Rounds with outside speakers from Universities occur every Wednesday morning. Our noon conferences include presentations of diverse subjects of interest such as end-of-life series, health care management and leadership series, combined Internal Medicine subspecialty lectures, Journal Club, research/scholarly activity and many others.