Our curriculum is designed to provide comprehensive teaching and learning opportunities  through clinical and didactic experiences. Residents will learn through hands-on experiences, technology based tools and interactive learning sessions with qualified faculty.

Curriculum Highlights

  • Small faculty to resident ratios on majority of rotations – unopposed resident physician education
  • Dedicated family medicine resident physicians adult inpatient medicine team
  • 1:1 interaction with specialists
  • University-based resources through Loma Linda University Medical Center
  • Extensive opportunities in commonly performed ambulatory procedures
  • Protected time for weekly didactics and educational activities

Curriculum By Year

PGY-1

The PGY-1 year provides a comprehensive foundation of inpatient medicine. Residents complete core rotations in adult medicine, pediatrics (including newborns), general surgery, obstetrics, orthopedics, critical care medicine and emergency medicine.

PGY-2

Residents spend half of PGY-2 building on their inpatient skills. The remainder of the year focuses on ambulatory experiences in musculoskeletal and sports medicine, community medicine experiences (including nursing home rounds) and ambulatory pediatrics. PGY-2 residents also have the opportunity to begin exploring interest in a one month elective of their choice, with program director approval. 

PGY-3

Most of the PGY-3 year provides residents clinical experiences that are similar to post-residency. This includes ambulatory rotations in subspecialties such as cardiology, nephrology, gastroenterology and pulmonology and surgical subspecialties such as urology and otolaryngology.

Sample Curriculum

PGY-1

  • Principles of Family Medicine (1 Month)
  • Adult Inpatient Medicine - FM team (2 Months)
  • Pediatric Inpatient Medicine (1 Month)
  • Newborn Nursery (1 month)
  • Emergency Medicine (1 Months)
  • General Surgery (1 Month)
  • Surgical Subspecialty: Podiatry (1 Month)
  • Surgical Subspecialty: Orthopedic Surgery (1 Month)
  • Obstetrics Labor and Delivery (2 Months)
  • Women's Health (1 Month)

PGY-2

  • Principles of Family Medicine (1 Month)
  • Adult Inpatient Medicine - FM team (1 Months)
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit (1 Month)
  • Emergency Medicine (1 Month)
  • Pediatric Inpatient Medicine (1 Month)
  • Ambulatory Pediatrics (1 Month)
  • Geriatric Medicine (1 Month)
  • Medical Subspecialty: ENT (1 Month)
  • Medical Subspecialty: Neurology (1 Month)
  • Medical Subspecialty: Palliative Medicine (1 Month)
  • Electives (2 Months)

PGY-3

  • Principles of Family Medicine - Community Medicine (1 Month)
  • Adult Inpatient Medicine - FM team (2 Months)
  • Ambulatory Pediatrics (1 Month)
  • Medical Subspecialty: Cardiology (1 Month)
  • Medical Subspecialty: Dermatology (1 Month)
  • Medical Subspecialty: Pulmonology (1 Month)
  • Medical Subspecialty: Interventional Radiology/Pain Management (1 Month)
  • Electives (4 Months)