Experiences

As a program of 24 residents that intersects with the larger internal medicine residency, we are able to create a tight-knit community that supports and inspires each other.

"It’s a small family feel within the backing of a larger residency program; all of our co-residents and faculty are rooted in a similar moral valence; and the program is connected with so many people doing mission driven work!"

Andrew Kim, MD, MPhil

SFPC '21

Site Visits

Homeless Outreach Team (HOT)

Homeless Outreach Team

Medical Respite

San Quentin Health Fair

San Quentin State Prison Health Fair

SF-Marin Food Bank

Scholarly

We support and encourage resident participation in scholarly work that meets their interests and career goals. All residents have the opportunity to attend a national conference and are assisted in submitting scholarly work for presentation. Residents can work with mentors from the Division of General Medicine and the Department of Medicine to engage in scholarly projects suited to their interests.

We define scholarly work broadly and encourage our residents to pursue what excites them most. Our residents have participated in academic work that includes research projects, qualitative interviews, perspective pieces, op-eds, creating clinical curriculum, and evaluating quality improvement projects.

Andreas Mitchell (SFPC ‘21). Someone was shot outside my clinic in broad daylight. Here’s what Alameda County needs to do about it: Andreas Mitchell is a primary care physician at Roots Community Health Center in Oakland (2023).
Samuel Dickman (SFPC '19) Opinion: A year since Supreme Court’s abortion ruling, there’s a real human cost: One year ago, the Supreme Court eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion in their Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision (2023).
Elaine Khoong (SFPC '17) Policy Considerations To Ensure Telemedicine Equity: Telemedicine use has exploded during the past two years, but it has done so without sufficient attention to disparities by payer, age, race and ethnicity, income, English language proficiency, and geography (2022).
Ilana Garcia-Grossman (SFPC ‘21) and Margot Kushel (Faculty). Factors Associated with Incarceration in Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Results from the HOPE HOME Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine (2021).
Jessica Beaman and Eleanor Bimla Schwarz (Faculty). Medication to Manage Abortion and Miscarriage. Journal of General Internal Medicine (2020).
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo and Margot Kushel (Faculty). How the pandemic divided California in two. LA Times (2020).
John Landefeld and Michael A. Incze (SFPC ‘19). Advance Care Planning—What Should I Know? Journal of American Medical Association: Internal Medicine Patient Information Page (2019).
Surabhi Nirkhe (SFPC ’21). Why I wish I could write a prescription for a cellphone. San Francisco Chronicle (2019).
Scott Golberg (SFPC ‘19). Medical Discharge Summary—“Disposition: To the Street” Journal of American Medical Association Internal Medicine (2019).