Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Family Medicine Residency Program provides a unique opportunity to train in a federally qualified health center (FQHC).
Loma Linda University Health is a faith-based institution where spirituality is incorporated in healthcare and service is important. You’ll serve patients in San Bernardino County, one of the most medically underserved areas (MUA) in the country.
We pride ourselves on whole person, team-based care.
Our curriculum centers around the patient. Through unique learning environments and opportunities for professional growth, residents develop the skills necessary to best serve their patients.
The residency continuity clinic is based out of the Social Action Corps Health System (SACHS). SACHS is a unique entity categorized as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) but with the support of an academic institution. One of its strengths is housing over 10 specialties, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration.
SACHS clinic allows residents to provide care directly to the medically underserved population of San Bernardino. Serving these patients the best possible care is at the core of SACHS. Patients have access to resources and preventive services that they cannot usually afford, including:
As a resident, you have the opportunity for hands-on training in a state-of-the-art FQHC. You’ll gain experience serving populations deeply affected by health disparities. Your patients will be 90% minorities and 99% will be covered under Medi-Cal.
The clinic is co-located with the San Manuel Gateway College, which provides students hands-on training for various health careers. You’ll have the opportunity to share your knowledge and skills with students, building bridges that benefit community health.
SACHS offers a unique and advanced learning environment:
Service population:
Professional Training
During your orientation month, you’ll learn how to assess and address the spiritual needs of patients in a professional, ethical, and patient-centered manner. Training facilitators include physicians who utilize whole person care with their own patients.
Love Rounds
One of the unique features on our inpatient medicine rotation is participating in weekly “Love Rounds”. Love Rounds let you practice whole person care through weekly patient interviews. Residents connect with patients by asking about emotional, social, and spiritual sources of support. In this way, you’ll learn how your patients are coping during their illness and how you can provide better care.
Many residents indicate that Love Rounds is one of their most impactful and memorable integrated whole person care training experiences.
Coaching
As you are seeing patients in clinic a dedicated coach will be available to help you develop and refine your whole person care skills.
Lunch Discussions
Periodic lunches will be served in clinic to allow deeper discussion on whole person care principles and challenges.
One of the unique features on our inpatient medicine rotation is participating on weekly “Love Rounds.” Love Rounds let you practice whole-person care through weekly patient interviews. Residents connect with patients by asking about emotional, social and spiritual sources of support. In this way, you’ll learn how your patients are coping during their illness and how you can provide better care.
Many residents indicate that Love Rounds is one of the most impactful and memorable integrated whole person care training experiences.
“Loma Linda Family Medicine: where education, leadership, and faith merge into one stream of thought and learning to foster community, promote excellence, celebrate achievement, and embody service.”
Our residency program recognizes the importance of diversity in many ways, including:
Summer Gateway is an opportunity for underrepresented, underprivileged or minority high school students to explore healthcare professions on the Loma Linda University campus during summer break. Depending on level of involvement, the program takes place over two to three weeks. It is a fusion of former programs College Exodus and Si Se Puede, which produced one of our current faculty members, Dr. Daniel Samano.
This challenging summer program helps African-American Seventh-day Adventist high school students get first-hand exposure to careers in the health sciences. They immerse in campus life, explore numerous professions, build test-taking skills, observe university classes and participate in other enriching activities. Over the years, some MITHS graduates have completed medical school and become practicing physicians.
Because of the impact our diversity pipeline program had on him as a student, Dr. Samano now dedicates time to community involvement and recruiting diverse talent for our residency program.
For residents who are interested in advocating for diversity in the medical profession, we recommend the following organizations:
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