--- title: "SSRRH Family Medicine Residency Curriculum at Sutter Health" description: "Residents are encouraged to participate in leadership projects, to engage in professional organizations, and to pursue their passions for community engagements." url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/curriculum" --- 1. [Home](https://www.sutterhealth.org/) / 2. [Education](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education) / 3. [Graduate Medical Education](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme) / 4. [Residencies](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies) / 5. [Family Medicine, Santa Rosa](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine) / 6. Curriculum # Curriculum **Section menu** - [Family Medicine, Santa Rosa](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine "Family Medicine, Santa Rosa") - [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/about "About the Program") - [Alumni](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/alumni "Alumni") - [Applying](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/apply "Applying") - [Community Involvement](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/community-involvement "Community Involvement") - [Curriculum](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/curriculum "Curriculum") - [Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/faculty "Faculty") - [Residents](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/residents "Residents") - [Rotations](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/rotations "Rotations") - [Family Medicine, Santa Rosa](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine "Family Medicine, Santa Rosa") - [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/about "About the Program") - [Alumni](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/alumni "Alumni") - [Applying](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/apply "Applying") - [Community Involvement](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/community-involvement "Community Involvement") - [Curriculum](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/curriculum "Curriculum") - [Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/faculty "Faculty") - [Residents](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/residents "Residents") - [Rotations](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/ssrrh-family-medicine/rotations "Rotations") At SSRFMR, you will have access to a full-spectrum family medicine curriculum, grounded in a commitment to leadership and community. We encourage every resident to participate in leadership projects, professional organizations, or community engagements that align with what matters most to them. ## What to Expect Community-centered health care is at the core of our curriculum - from primary care at Santa Rosa Community Health Center-Vista Campus, to inpatient adult medicine and obstetrics inpatient care at Sutter’s community hospital, Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital. Hands-on experience throughout the community and North Bay prepares trainees with the skills and perspectives to care for patients at all stages of life, including integrative and addiction medicine training from our fellows. Your training will take you from collaborative team-based clinic care to care for acute and chronic health conditions, to complex adult medicine rounds, and high-risk perinatal care. Local training is supplemented by additional pediatric experiences at the Children’s Hospital of Oakland and clinical experiences at other hospitals and clinics throughout the North Bay of California. You will also nurture empathic coaching skills to support behavior changes and long-term health for your patients. On Thursdays, you’ll join your class for a dedicated hour of personal and professional growth. ## Ambulatory Curriculum Having their continuity clinics at a community health center offers trainees experience in this critical piece of health care access in the United States. Training at Santa Rosa Community Health (SRCH), as well as interacting with many other local community health centers, encourages trainees to develop special skills required to overcome the challenges of working with un- or underinsured patient populations. All residents get training in the chronic care model, planning care through the use of the clinic "huddle," and using a disease registry for chronic disease management. Recognizing the central role of patient self-management in chronic illness, the residency provides specific training for physicians to support patient behavior change. ## Didactic Curriculum Didactics are integrated throughout the schedule and supported by core faculty and community faculty from various specialties. Our outpatient teaching involves family medicine and pediatric topic reviews before each continuity clinic and protected time every Thursday afternoon for dedicated teaching, including lectures, hands-on workshops, and case-based learning. Specialty clinics ensure hands-on teaching in point-of-care ultrasound and outpatient procedures. Inpatient and obstetric teams participate in daily didactics, as well as weekly grand rounds. Our integrative and addiction medicine fellowships and HIV and reproductive health pathways provide additional opportunities for specific teaching. ![student-in-clinic](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/Education/student-in-clinic.jpg) Our teaching is supported by best practices gained through our educational collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco, and our faculty’s completion of faculty development fellowships, as well as ongoing collaboration in local faculty education and development. Core Outpatient Didactic Topics Include: - Integrative medicine - Musculoskeletal care - Psychiatry and behavioral health - Gender affirming care - Reproductive and obstetrical health - Dermatology - Procedures - Addiction medicine - Pediatrics - Clinical reasoning, journal club, and morbidity & mortality case review - Many other core topics in family medicine Pathways **HIV Training** We’ve built one of the nation’s most respected HIV training programs for family doctors. Every resident receives HIV education as part of our core curriculum. Since 2012, rising PGY-2 residents may apply to a 2-year Area of Concentration (AoC) in HIV. This focused pathway empowers residents to continue serving HIV-positive populations as part of their long-term practice. See [National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium (NHRPC)](https://aidsetc.org/NHRPC "National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium (NHRPC)") for more information about HIV Pathways. We give preference to those who plan to practice HIV-focused family medicine in the U.S., particularly in Northern California. Residents participating in this AoC will learn to: - Address primary care for PLWH: Discuss comorbidities, screenings, immunizations, and long-term healthcare maintenance for people living with HIV (PLWH), along with the broader population health implications of HIV care. - Apply resistance testing in clinical decision-making: Determine when resistance testing is needed, interpret common genotypic mutations, and assess their impact on treatment regimens. - Counsel patients with sensitivity and clarity: Guide patients through HIV diagnosis and disclosure, support treatment adherence, and counsel on transmission prevention while recognizing the impact of stigma, trauma, and systemic oppression on HIV care. - Describe HIV prevention strategies: Use a patient-centered approach grounded in cultural humility to communicate risk assessments, initiate PrEP and PEP, promote treatment as prevention, and apply harm reduction and safe injection practices - Manage Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) treatment plans: List recommended ART regimens from the latest DHHS guidelines, manage adverse side effects, and recognize key interactions between ART and other commonly prescribed medications. This AoC outlines the following expectations for residents: - Attend the UCSF Conference: [Medical Management of HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis](https://hivaidscme.ucsf.edu/ "Medical Management of HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis") - Become an [AAHIVM Credentialed Specialist](https://aahivm.org/hiv-specialist/ "AAHIVM Credentialed Specialist") within six months of graduation - Commit to practicing HIV-focused family medicine in the United States after graduation - Complete 45 hours of HIV-related CME before graduation - Complete self-paced modules from the [National HIV Curriculum](https://www.hiv.uw.edu/ "National HIV Curriculum") - Manage a continuity panel of approximately 20 patients living with HIV as part of a multidisciplinary team at a [Ryan White funded clinic](https://srhealth.org/service/other-services/hiv-hepatitis-c/ "Ryan White funded clinic") ### PGY-1 Curriculum - Orientation: 2 weeks - Adult Medicine: 12 weeks (including 2 weeks night float) - ICU: 2 weeks - Behavioral Medicine: 2 weeks - Capstone: 2 weeks - Electives: 1 week - Leadership: 2 weeks - Maternity Care (OB): 12 weeks (including 4 weeks night float) - Musculoskeletal: 4 weeks - Pediatrics: 8 weeks - Substance Use Disorder: 2 weeks - Vacation: 3 weeks ### PGY-2 Curriculum - Adult Medicine: 8 weeks (including 2 weeks night float) - ICU: 2 weeks - Behavioral Medicine: 2 weeks - Emergency Medicine: 4 weeks - Elective Selective: 4 weeks - Elective Away: 2 weeks - Geriatrics: 2 weeks - Leadership: 2 weeks - Maternity Care (OB): 10 weeks (including 4 weeks night float) - Pediatrics ED: 4 weeks - Procedures: 2 weeks - Reproductive Health: 4 weeks - Transitional Hospital Coverage: 3 weeks - Vacation: 3 weeks ### PGY-3 Curriculum - Adult Medicine: 4 weeks - Dermatology: 2 weeks - Elective Selective: 14 weeks - Elective Away: 4 weeks - Emergency Medicine: 2 weeks - Geriatrics: 4 weeks (2 weeks ambulatory and 2 weeks hospital) - Leadership: 4 weeks - Maternity Care (OB): 4 weeks - Night float (OB and AMS): 6 weeks - Pediatrics: 4 weeks - Transitions Hospital Coverage: 1 week - Vacation: 3 weeks ### Living in Santa Rosa Live where wine country charm meets coastal adventure. 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