Primary Care Medicine Blocks

Primary Care Residents Camping

Each Primary Care resident class participates together in two 2-week Primary Care Medicine (PCM) block rotations each year. PCM is a 2-week block when the 12 residents in a given primary care year (6 in each track) have protected time for reflection, didactics, clinic, community site visits, group projects, and socializing. Residents complete special primary care trainings, such as asylum training, buprenorphine training, ultrasound, and procedures. PCM rotations provide in-depth learning in primary care. Since the entire primary care class joins together for PCM blocks, these rotations deepen the sense of community within our program.

Our primary care blocks include educational themes meant to broaden the primary care provider’s role beyond the clinical setting and supplement the professional career of our residents.

All Years: Health Disparities, Care for the Complex Patient 

PGY1: Introduction to Being a PCP, Quality Improvement

PGY2: Community Health & Engagement, Social & Structural Determinants of Health

PGY3: Health Systems, Health Policy, & Advocacy

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During PCM, our primary care residents along with med-peds and nurse practitioner residents participate in community activities such as partnering with Our Spot for programming at East Rancho Dominguez Park.
Primary Care Residents Gardening
Residents volunteering in the Veterans' community garden during PCM