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)