Family Health Centers of San Diego Program

Program Description

The goal of the Family Medicine Residency Program is to recruit and train physicians from diverse backgrounds who are interested in providing care to the underserved communities of San Diego, while providing high quality, broad-based clinical education and experience. Center. City Heights, the most ethnically-diverse community in San Diego, is called home by a high number of Latinos, Somali, Vietnamese and Cambodians. The clinic provides approximately 40,000 patient visits annually. For the inpatient medicine and surgical experience, Residents will rotate through Scripps Mercy Hospital and Rady Children's Hospital. Rady Children's Hospital is the largest children's hospital in California and is ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties surveyed by U.S. News & World Report. Scripps Mercy Hospital is recognized for high performance in 12 specialties. Community-based ambulatory healthcare is the future of medicine in the United States and we are excited to lead the way. Our program will provide the highest quality education in a real world setting to improve the health disparities of our community's most vulnerable patients.

Community Setting

Urban

Top 3 Program Strengths

• Heath Equity
• HIV Care
• Low resourced/Marginalized Populations

Primary Admitting Hospital

Scripps Mercy Hospital

Length of Program

3 Years

Clinic Funding

No federal or government clinic funding

Positions

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Offered:	PGY-1: 7	PGY-2: 7	PGY-3: 6
Filled:	PGY-1: 7	PGY-2: 7	PGY-3: 6

Has Residential Organization

No

Required ICU Rotations

Less than two months

Required General Surgery Rotations

Less than two months

Required Maternity Rotations

Three months

Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

None

Required Pediatrics Rotations

Four months

Offers International Rotations

No

Half Day Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Half days	PGY-1: 2	PGY-2: 4	PGY-3: 5

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: q2d	PGY-2: NA	PGY-3: NA
Night Float	PGY-1: Yes	PGY-2: Yes	PGY-3: Yes

Has Computer Documentation

Yes

Offers Rural Rotations

No

Has Electronic Health Records

Yes

Primary Admitting Hospital

Scripps Mercy Hospital

Total Hospital Beds

439

Full Time Doctor Faculty

5

Full Time Other Faculty

1

Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

1

Total Rotation Hospitals

2

Total Admitting Hospitals

1

Total Family Practice Centers

1

Has Federally Qualified Rotations

Yes

Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Salary	PGY-1: $82,477	PGY-2: $84,946	PGY-3: $89,508
Weeks of Vacation	PGY-1: 4	PGY-2: 4	PGY-3: 4

Benefits

• Liability Insurance

• Sick Leave / Personal Time

• Meals

• Parking

• Time off for conferences

• Funding for attending conferences

• Health Insurance

• Disability Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Medical license fee

• DEA license fee

Offers Fellowship

No

Fellowship offered

Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

No

Offers Clerkship

Yes