"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Medical Committee for Human Rights Convention 1966)
Mission
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Internal Medicine Residency, Primary Care track at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center (SFGH) is an academic primary care residency devoted to training physicians to be leaders in the care of the underserved. We emphasize meeting the complex needs of poor and vulnerable patients and developing methods of primary care that are effective, efficient and accessible to all people. One measure of the successfulness of our training is that the majority of our graduates continue to work with the underserved, whether in research, clinical, public health, health policy or advocacy careers.
Based at SFGH and its affiliated Community Health Network, the publicly funded county hospital and network of primary care health centers that serve all residents of the City and County of San Francisco regardless of their insurance status, the residency is a three-year program leading to Board eligibility in Internal Medicine. Due to additional funding received from the healthcare reform law in support of primary care training programs, we will be recruiting eight interns for the 2011-2012 academic year. Although residents are based at San Francisco General Hospital, they are fully integrated into the Department of Medicine at UCSF and have the opportunity to rotate to a variety of different practice settings including UCSF Moffitt/Long Hospitals and their managed care clinics, San Francisco VA Medical Center, community clinics, private practices and other federally- and state-funded clinics.
The residency program is affiliated with the SFGH Division of General Medicine (DGIM) and the DGIM Primary Care Research Center. The Primary Care Research Center is a nationally renowned center that focuses on research issues involving the underserved such as access to care, disparities in medical outcomes in minority populations, and improving health outcomes in vulnerable populations.
In order to broaden our mission, the SFGH Primary Care track is also the home of the Health Equities Area of Distinction as well as a part of the Pathway to Discovery in Health & Society. These programs allow residents from all UCSF internal medicine tracks to participate in our Social Medicine curriculum and also provides an opportunity for SFPC residents to become integrated within other programs offered by the UCSF School of Medicine.
Our faculty and residents feel that we can best meet the needs of a diverse population by training physicians who appreciate the community, cultural background and language of our patients. This view is reflected in our commitment to recruit a diverse group of residents to our program. The faculty is explicitly committed to providing the mentorship and support necessary to help each individual fulfill his/her career goals.
| Sharad Jain, MD | | Eva Lo |
| Track Director | | Track Administrator |
San Francisco General Hospital
It is the mission of San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) to deliver high quality, humanistic, and culturally competent health services to the residents of the City and County of San Francisco.
Located in the vibrant Mission District of San Francisco, SFGH provides world-class care to a truly diverse clientele. Just a few of the outstanding services available at SFGH are:
- Comprehensive outpatient clinics staffed by award wining UCSF faculty and resident physicians
- World-renowned AIDS clinical care and research
- A nationally regarded, state of the art trauma center
- Rigorous research mission
- Innovative patient care programs to improve care to vulnerable patients
Although many patients are attracted by the excellence of medical care, many also choose SFGH because of the hospital's commitment to providing care to all patients. This commitment includes:
- A policy that no patient will be turned away for financial reasons.
- Extensive interpreter services. Professional interpreters of Arabic, Cantonese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and many more languages are available to assist patients and health care providers.
- Culturally sensitive psychiatric and social services
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