Our family medicine residency curriculum is focused on the comprehensive professional development of residents while also emphasizing:

Curriculum Highlights

  • Full month of intern orientation: the FM interns spend the full month of July together before rotating on other services.
  • Residents work with a CIHS level 6 integrated behavioral health model.
  • Residents have the opportunity to participate in and obtain an IHI certificate in quality improvement (QI). QI teams research and inform future practices in patient care.
  • A number of subspecialty clinics are available: MAT addictions, HIV, sickle cell, travel, and women’s health opportunities clinics and group visits.
  • SACHS clinic gives residents experience serving a diverse population of patients in an underserved community.

Curriculum by Year

Categorical PGY-1

Your first year of residency (PGY-1) will consist primarily of inpatient rotations. You’ll spend a half day each week in Family Medicine Clinic at SACHS. Every Friday afternoon, you’ll have didactics.

  • Family Medicine Clinic/ Orientation –1 block
  • Obstetrics – 2 blocks
  • Addiction Medicine –1 block
  • ICU – ½ block
  • Outpatient Surgery – ½ block
  • Inpatient Pediatrics – 1 block
  • Spanish Language Elective – 1 block
  • Nursery – 1 block
  • Family Medicine Inpatient Service–2 blocks
  • Backup – 1 block
  • Elective – 1 block
  • Internal Medicine – 1 block

Categorical PGY-2 through PGY-3

Starting your second year in our categorical program and going through your third, you’ll focus on outpatient rotations. You’ll also have opportunities in elective and procedure clinics.

You’ll spend more time in Family Medicine Clinic at SACHS and continue Friday didactics.

PGY-2

  • Geriatrics – 1 block
  • Cardiology – 1 block
  • Community Medicine –1 block
  • Gynecology – 1 block
  • Family Medicine Clinic – 1 block
  • Emergency Medicine – 1 ½ blocks
  • Backup – ½ block
  • Family Medicine Inpatient Service – 3 blocks
  • Outpatient Pediatrics Specialty Clinics – 1 block
  • Elective – 2 blocks

PGY-3

  • Outpatient Pediatrics – 1 block
  • Orthopedics – ½ block
  • Sports Medicine – ½ block
  • Family Medicine Clinic – 2 blocks
  • Ophthalmology – ½ block
  • ENT – ½ block
  • Urology – ½ block
  • Backup – ½ block
  • Pediatric Emergency – 1 block
  • Dermatology –1 block
  • Elective – 3 blocks
  • Family Medicine Night Float – 2 blocks

Didactics & Educational Activities

Family Medicine

Every week, half-day teaching conferences provide learning opportunities for family medicine residents on a wide variety of topics. Conferences include lectures from faculty, senior residents and guest attendings from other specialties.

To keep residents healthy, monthly support groups are integrated into the didactic schedule.

With the guidance of a faculty mentor, you will:

  • Lead two journal club presentations
  • Complete a scholarly activity project
  • Participate in quality improvement at our residency-affiliated FQHC, SAC Health System (SACHS).

Workshops held throughout the year allow interns and seniors to practice running code blues and managing obstetric emergencies and deliveries.

Program Curriculum

What Our Residents Are Saying
"Family medicine residency at Loma Linda equips us to learn how to empower people to make positive change and work towards wellness as they encounter multifaceted healing in whole person care."
Adwoa Wiafe, MD
Family Medicine Resident