Family Medicine Fontana - Curriculum
Goals & Objectives
The Kaiser Permanente Fontana Family Medicine Residency has a simple goal to train outstanding family physicians with the skills and tools that prepare them any time of practice they desire. The training program has an integrated curriculum based on four pillars.
Ambulatory Care
- High patient volume patient with excellent exposure to pediatrics, gynecology, and adult medicine in Family Medicine clinic (FMC)
- Residents actively manage their own patient panel
- Team-based care for diabetes, hypertension, and lipid management
- Sports Medicine fellowship is located on site, with immediate “curbside” consultation available
Academics
- Based in a state of the art, tertiary care teaching hospital
- Wednesday afternoon didactics
- Longitudinal behavioral medicine program with weekly teaching conference
- One-on-one teaching in all clinical settings
- Research supported both locally and regionally with grant funding available
Procedures
- Exposure to common ambulatory minor procedures throughout residency
- Dermatology clinics with minor procedures included in FMC
- Gynecologic procedures clinics in FMC
- Training in joint injections in Sports Medicine clinic as well as FMC
- Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum
- Training in vasectomies is available. The Family Medicine department performs all vasectomies for the medical center
- Paracentesis and Thoracentesis
- Circumcisions
Family
- Biopsychosocial model of family care integrated into all rotations
- Patient centered care in a family context
- Family Circles and genograms as tools to understand family systems
Curriculum at a glance
| First Postgraduate Year | Second Postgraduate Year | Third Postgraduate Year |
| Adult Inpatient Medicine 12 weeks | Adult Inpatient Medicine 12 weeks | Adult Inpatient Medicine 6 weeks |
| Pediatrics (Inpatient) 4 weeks | Pediatrics (Inpatient) 4 weeks | Emergency Medicine 8 weeks |
| Pediatrics (Outpatient) 4 weeks | Pediatrics (Outpatient) 4 weeks | Cardiology (Inpatient) 3 weeks |
| Family Medicine 4 weeks | Family Medicine 4 weeks | Family Medicine 4 weeks |
| Women’s Health Care 4 weeks | Women’s Health Care 2 weeks | HNS 2 weeks |
| Maternal Child Health 4 weeks | Maternal Child Health 4 weeks | Neurology 1 week |
| Sports Medicine 4 weeks | Sports Medicine 2 weeks | Community Medicine 4 weeks |
| Outpatient Surgery 4 weeks | Newborn Care 2 weeks | Rheumatology 2 weeks |
| Inpatient Surgery 4 weeks | Cardiology (Outpatient) 2 weeks | Ophthalmology 2 weeks |
| Dermatology 4 weeks | Geriatrics 4 weeks | Endocrinology 2 weeks |
| Palliative Medicine 2 weeks | ||
| MD/DO on duty (overnight call) 2 weeks | Urology 2 weeks | |
| ICU 2 weeks | Addiction Medicine 1 week | |
| Urgent Care Urgent Care | ||
| Health System Management | ||
| Electives 10 weeks Electives 12 weeks | ||
| Behavioral Medicine | ||
| 4 weeks | 8 weeks | |
| Family Medicine Center | ||
| 1-2 half days/week | 3-4 half days/week | 4-5 half days/week |
Behavioral Medicine
- Family systems and behavioral training integrated in outpatient and inpatient rotations
- Longitudinal behavioral training
o Year long, half day a week training
o Didactic lectures covering all major behavioral science topics, including medication management, counseling skills, etc.
o Experience in primary care counseling of basic Family Medicine issues, such as depression, anxiety, grief, life cycle issues, etc.
o Experience training in medication management when appropriate
o Taught by family physicians, psychiatrists, and various behaviorists
