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New Curriculum 2011 Core Content
Portfolio
Multi-site Training
Night Float
Self-directed Learning
Family Medicine Center
Primary Care Research
Call
Areas of Concentrations
Group Care
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Resident Highlights
I wanted to be close to the Bay Area, which is where my husband works, and join a strong Family Medicine program that focused on a multi-cultural population; this program was the perfect combination. Dr. Bushra Jawaid
During my visits to the program, I got the sense that they exert a big effort to care for their residents' well being. It is very reassuring to know I will always be supported even when the workload gets overwhelming. Dr. Abilene Enriquez
The program was very supportive of medical couples, allowing us to schedule our vacation and elective time together. Dr. Christie and Daren Garb
I found the fact that the residency cares for the underserved, but does it in such a well-equipped and modern hospital, very appealing. Dr. Jason Markland
I liked the fact that the faculty is large and dedicated to practice in the same health system as the Residency. When I joined the faculty after residency, I became a part of one of the largest medical groups in Modesto. Dr. Erin Kiesel
As a single resident, it is important that the residents and faculty have a lot of camaraderie and support for each other. Dr. Kou Yang
This residency is strong in Peds and OB, which was very important to me. Dr. Lance Gault
I wanted a program which cared for a multi-cultural population, and made an impact on the community. Dr. Maria J. LaPlante
Our Residency education is based on Adult Learning Principles, where the resident is placed in a position of responsibility to patients and works with faculty to develop a customized learning plan. Dr. Peter Broderick
Our program strives to create a supportive and collaborative environment by encouraging group activities and retreats. Dr. Kate Kearns
I like outdoor activities, and having Yosemite and the mountains so close is great for my family. Dr. Robert Bixler |
The new curriculum will include all the core requirements for family medicine residency
programs. Over the three-year training, our resident will complete 40 weeks of inpatient
family medicine (adults and children), 4 weeks adult ICU, 10 weeks labor and delivery, 11
weeks surgery, 20 weeks pediatrics, and 37 weeks selectives. 15
weeks of night float includes all inpatient responsibilities.
Each resident creates an individualized educational plan and is continuously updated in an
online electronic portfolio that is customized for our program. Each week, residents enjoy at least an hour of protected time to review and update their portfolio under the guidance of their advisor.
Our new residency offers training in multiple sites within our community. Besides our home
institutions of Doctors Medical Center and the Family Medicine Center, residents gain experience
at collaborating institutions such as Kaiser Permanente Modesto Medical Offices.
Residents join the night float team for 5 weeks each academic year. The team, consisting of one member of the PGY2 and PGY3 class, covers medicine, pediatrics, and ICU. Senior members provide support and teaching to more junior members as all residents
increase their skills and autonomy.
Our residency relies on a blend of didactic teaching as well as self-directed and interactive learning. During weekly protected time, residents enhance their portfolio by completing on-line curricular tasks and self-directed learning modules.
Our state-of –the-art Paradise Medical Office features fully-equipped procedure rooms, electronic
medical records, and live one-on-one video precepting.
Using selective time longitudinally, each resident works closely with our faculty mentor to create
and implement a practice-based inquiry pertinent to quality of care. Our new electronic medical records
system enables extraction of customized patient-related data. Each project culminates in a poster
presentation at our home institution of research findings.
Inpatient care in performed in shifts, with a day family medicine ward team signing out directly to the
night float team, creating roughly 12 hour shifts. Thus, residents are only placed on "call" to cover weekends
and holidays, rotating evenly among residents. That’s right: no “call” except weekends and holidays!
Our curriculum allows residents to tailor elective time to the pursuit of a specialty focus within family medicine such as obstetrics, geriatrics, hospital medicine,
global health, GI procedures, etc. Residents work closely with a designated mentor in the area of concentration and the fulfillment of the training plan is certified in the final training letter.
Residents can choose to learn the theory and technique involved with successful group patient care.
Our family medicine clinic, recognized by the Centering Health Institute as an official site for
Centering Pregnancy, currently hosts pregnant patients in interactive empowering group visits facilitated
by residents.
