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PRIMARY CARE PATHWAY

Elements of the Primary Care Pathway

• Primary Care Blocks (participate in 4 weeks/year): Each block consists of a
mix of continuity clinics, subspecialty clinics, weekly primary care academic

half-days, social justice half-days and unique clinical and educational
opportunities (e.g. asylum seeker clinic, HIV clinic)
• Elective rotations: Encouraged to select electives that will best prepare
them for primary care practice (e.g. dermatology, endocrinology, obesity
medicine, pain medicine, psychiatry)

• Event/Site Visits: Site visits to learn about different models of care,
including the prison health care system, integrative medicine clinics, and
private medical practices. Our new social justice curriculum includes visits
to six community agencies focusing on reproductive justice, refugee health,
correctional medicine, elder services, environmental justice and healthcare
for people experiencing homelessness.
• Scholarly Work is encouraged including clinical vignettes, original research
projects, and educational innovations.

• Mentoring: Primary care residents are individually mentored through the
career exploration and job search process. There is an annual career panel
with representatives from local hiring organizations to facilitate the job
application process.

Stacy Charat, MD – Director of Primary Care Pathway