Valley Consortium for Medical Education
Family Medicine Residency Program
Training Sites
Doctors Medical Center is a fully accredited 461-bed hospital with intensive care units for neurology, surgery and cardiovascular care. This hospital is the first Level II Verified Trauma Center in the region. The quality of the staff, teaching faculty and facility are excellent. DMC admits more than 12,000 patients annually and treats more than 70,000 patients in the emergency department each year. In the 50+ years that DMC has served the Central Valley, it has achieved a growing list of recognitions; some of which are listed below:
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American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline Receiving Center Gold Level Recognition Award for Heart Attack Care.
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Recipient of the Leapfrog Group highest “A” rating for patient safety 5 times in a row.
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Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers – First hospital in region to receive designation.
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Joint Commission’s Top Performer on Key Quality Measures distinction for heart attack, pneumonia, surgery, and heart failure.
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First Certified Primary Stroke Center in Stanislaus County.
Women's Health Services
DMC's Women's and Children's Center has 15 state of the art labor/recovery rooms attracting about 4,500 deliveries per year. Providing a level III Intensive Care Nursery, DMC has been essential for our high risk OB patients.
Trauma Services
Trauma Surgery is kept busy by the helicopter air ambulance service bringing in cases varying from auto accidents to Yosemite climbing injuries.
Surgery
Cardiac/Open Heart, Orthopedic, Urology (including lithotripsy), General and Vascular, Neurosurgical, Robotic, and Trauma.
Additional Services
Cath lab, Stroke center, ICU, Interventional radiology, state of the art MRI/ CT, Dialysis Unit and GI suites.
Orthopedic Residency
In addition to family medicine residency, DMC is the sponsoring institute for VCME Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program, which welcomed its first class in July 2013.
Modesto Paradise Clinic
The Modesto Paradise Clinic is part of the Golden Valley Health Centers. This federally qualified health center (FQHC) clinic is where residents practice outpatient primary care. This 15,000 sq ft facility built in 2003 was specially designed for resident teaching. When in clinic, each resident has two to three examination rooms for exclusive use with dedicated Medical Assistants. Located in West Modesto, Paradise Clinic provides accessibility to some of the most disadvantaged populations in the community.
Primary Care Continuity Experience
During primary care continuity clinic rotations, on average, residents see 6 patients per clinic during PGY1, about 8 patients per clinic during PGY2 and 10 patients per clinic in PGY3. Managing this clinic volume requires learning some efficiency as the patients managed tend to be complex. Patient demand for services remains consistently high as we are one of the few safety net clinics in our area.
Additional Outpatient Clinical Experience
In addition to Resident Continuity clinics, many other outpatient specialty clinics are structured for teaching. These opportunities include: Pediatrics OB/GYN Sports Medicine Addiction Medicine Rainbow Clinic Diabetes Geriatrics Outpatient Procedures (skin biopsies, abscess incision/drainage, toe nail removal, nexplanon/ IUD, endometrial biospies, circumcision)
Residency Clinic Highlights
We have a large Spanish speaking population, which residents refine their medical Spanish throughout their training. A fully equipped electronic health record system EHR, Epic Internet searching and resources, including "UpToDate" access
