

Recognizing significant disparities in access to health care, our mission is to train family physicians who are prepared to provide comprehensive family-centered medical care with a focus on underserved communities. Thank you for your interest in the Scripps Family Medicine Residency Program.
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63010077/GettyImages_1093842996.0.jpg)
More pregnancy options counseling, prenatal care, birth control management (including placement of IUDs and contraceptive implants), OB ultrasound training and pregnancy loss management.Increased continuity experience in OB-GYN outpatient clinics at Operation Samahan and San Ysidro Health throughout the second and third years.The fulfillment of the training plan is certified in the final training letter written by the program director upon graduation. Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista’s AOCs allow residents increased elective and continuity time in this area. Read Less Expand All Collapse AllĪOCs provide residents with additional training opportunities above and beyond the core graduate medical education training in family medicine. This sustainable global health collaboration has served the community for more than 20 years and, as a resident, you can be a part of its continued growth and transformation. The group meets in San Quintin in Baja California, Mexico, to provide medical care, health education and other public health projects. Medical students from the Autonomous University of Baja California in Tijuana.Public health and nursing students from San Diego State University (SDSU).Medical students from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).And across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, our residents may provide primary care in a local shelter that serves the most resource-deprived individuals in the city.Īdditionally, a collaboration called Viajé Interinstitucional de Integración, Docente, Asistencial y de Investigacion (Inter-institutional Retreat for Integration, Teaching, Assistance and Investigation) brings together:

This means family medicine residents receive significant global-local training at continuity clinics and hospitals in our bi-national community. Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista is located just seven miles from the US-Mexico border.
