• Dignity Health Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Family Medicine Program

    ACGME number: 1200521564
    Program Director: Ronald Gordon Chambers Jr, MD, FAAFP
    Address: 7500 Hospital Dr
    Sacramento, CA 95823
    Phone: (916) 681-3456
    Email: michelle.costa@dignityhealth.org
    Website: http://DignityHealth.org/familyresidency


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    Program Description

    A community-based truly unopposed residency training program located in Sacramento, California, between San Francisco and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Faculty are friendly, approachable, and dedicated to resident education while ensuring a balanced work/lifestyle approach. Residents receive training with a diverse patient population and learn the skills that prepare them to practice the full scope of family medicine (from solo private practice to hospitalist positions). 100% of graduates have passed the boards on their first attempt in the last 5 years. The programs philosophy centers around full spectrum care of the patient and family, in community service, and in treatment of the under-served with special advanced training in treating the unhoused, substance use disorders, those who have experienced human trafficking.

    Community Setting

    • Urban
    • Urban
    • Suburban
    • Rural

    Top 3 Program Strengths

    • Care of Children
    • Heath Equity
    • Hospital Medicine

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    Methodist Hospital

    Length of Program

    3 Years

    Clinic Funding

    • Federal or other government clinic funding including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) or look-alike, Community Health Centers (CHC), Rural Health Clinic (RHC)

    Positions

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Offered:

    PGY-1: 8

    PGY-2: 8

    PGY-3: 8

    Filled:

    PGY-1: 8

    PGY-2: 8

    PGY-3: 8

    Has Residential Organization

    Yes

    Required ICU Rotations

    Six months or more

    Required General Surgery Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required Maternity Rotations

    Two months

    Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

    Comprehensive pregnancy care with 80 or more deliveries for all or most residents.

    Required Pediatrics Rotations

    Five months

    Offers International Rotations

    Yes

    Half Day Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Half days

    PGY-1: 3

    PGY-2: 4

    PGY-3: 4

    Hospital Trips Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Call from home trips to hospital

    PGY-1: None

    PGY-2: None

    PGY-3: None

    Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Average In hospital night calls

    PGY-1: None

    PGY-2: None

    PGY-3: None

    Night Float

    PGY-1:

    Yes

    PGY-2:

    Yes

    PGY-3:

    Yes

    Has Computer Documentation

    Yes

    Offers Rural Rotations

    Yes

    Has Electronic Health Records

    Yes

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    Methodist Hospital

    Total Hospital Beds

    175

    Full Time Doctor Faculty

    6

    Full Time Other Faculty

    1

    Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

    0

    Total Rotation Hospitals

    2

    Total Admitting Hospitals

    1

    Total Family Practice Centers

    1

    Has Federally Qualified Rotations

    No

    Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Salary

    PGY-1: $82,016

    PGY-2: $86,499

    PGY-3: $90,522

    Weeks of Vacation

    PGY-1: 4

    PGY-2: 4

    PGY-3: 4

    Benefits

    • Life Insurance
    • Parking
    • Liability Insurance
    • Funding for attending conferences
    • Meals
    • Disability Insurance
    • Health Insurance
    • Time off for conferences
    • Sick Leave / Personal Time
    • Fitness Center
    • DEA license fee
    • Medical license fee
    • AAFP Membership

    Offers Fellowship

    Yes

    Fellowship Types Offered

    • Women's Health
    • Other - OB Fellowship and ICU Fellowship

    Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

    No

    Offers Clerkship

    Yes