Highlights

Resident Centered Program

• Work-life balance focused schedule
• Opportunity to customize and modify rotations based on resident feedback and specific interests
• Prioritize training of residents to be leaders, teachers, and advocates
• Education in a safe and stimulating environment

Clinic Focused Curriculum

• Clinic prioritized when scheduling throughout all three years to train excellent outpatient family physicians
• 2-week blocks to allow for frequent repetition of rotations to enhance adult learning and reflect a Family Medicine practice
• All residents will have a KP issued iPhone and Laptop to facilitate their education and clinical duties in a variety of environments

Professional Development

• Dedicated 2-week rotation each year covering topics such as:
  • Communication skills
  • Leadership development
  • Practice management training
  • Personal improvement
  • Career planning
  • Medicolegal/Ethics issues
  • Advocacy training
  • Practice style expert panels
  • CV/Mock Interview preparation
• Cultivate resident interest; residents have/are:
  • Received lactation certification
  • Developed curricula in lifestyle medicine, medical Spanish, narrative medicine
  • Currently developing a Botox curriculum
• Encourage leadership positions in committees including but not limited to local committees, IGMEC, UCSF (DEI), CAFP
• Protected time for Kaiser Resident in Health Policy elective
• Training in lifestyle and integrative medicine
• Emphasis on and fostering of career and personal development

Community

• Multilingual providers, with Spanish-immersion training, offered, both through Kaiser Permanente and our own residents/faculty
• Direct interaction with Community Medicine fellow and multiple opportunities to participate in various community outreach programs/pipeline programs
• Designated curriculum in LGBTQ care, with a focus on transgender and nonbinary populations
• Interactive longitudinal curriculum in Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Antiracism/Allyship (IDEA) engaging both residents and faculty
• Partnership with the Washington Neighborhood Clinic and School Health Clinics of Santa Clara to provide care for the underserved in our community
• Multiple opportunities for advocacy at local, state, and national levels
• Protected time for Kaiser-funded Global Health trip

Excellence in Full Spectrum Family Medicine

• Well-established leaders in the region for defining a full scope practice
• Opportunity for all common office-based procedures including gynecology, dermatology, musculoskeletal, and urgent care procedures
• High-quality inpatient and outpatient pediatric, Ob-Gyn, and Geriatrics training
• Notable presence at national conferences, especially in teaching and research

Medicine

• Well-established leaders in the region for defining full-spectrum practice
• Opportunity for common office-based procedures including gynecology, dermatology, musculoskeletal, and urgent care procedures
• High-quality inpatient and outpatient pediatric, Ob-Gyn, and geriatrics training
• Notable presence at national conferences, especially in teaching and research

Resident Wellness

• Professionalism and Wellness Committee of residents and faculty to address wellness
• Importance placed on work/life balance with well-established local Physician Wellness Program
• Faculty and peer mentors, and Balint group sessions led by Behavioral Medicine faculty
• Benefits package includes a wellness stipend of $720 for use on personal health and wellness, free access to a 24-hour gym on campus, easy access to great year-round outdoor activities

Talented Faculty

• All core faculty have participated in the UCSF FCM Faculty Development Fellowship, and some have additional Ob-Gyn and Sports Medicine fellowship training, plus Psychiatry/Family Medicine double-board certification
• Valued presence in the departments of Ob-Gyn, Sports Medicine, Hospital-Based Medicine, and Pediatrics/Teen Clinic
• Enthusiastic educators of medical students from Boston University, Stanford, UCSF, La Salud Permanente (LSP), Introduction to Integrated Healthcare (IIHC)
• Opportunity and support for resident development to become excellent teachers and future faculty

Specialty Access and Collaboration

• Multimodal communication methods with specialists available, including immediate phone access and secure text
• Well-developed consult system with embedded specialist guidelines and treatment recommendations
• Ample elective opportunities for additional exposure to certain specialties
• Role of primary care physicians well respected campus-wide