Valley Consortium for Medical Education
Family Medicine Residency Program
Training Sites
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. DMC admits more than 12,000 patients annually and treats more than 70,000 patients in the emergency department each year making it an ideal teaching hospital with both volume and diversity.
Women's Health Services
DMC's Women's and Children's Center has 15 state of the art L&D rooms attracting about 4,500 deliveries per year. Providing a level III NICU, 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 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
At residents' continuity clinic, they see on average 4-6 patients per clinic as a PGY1, 7-9 patients as a PGY2 and 10-12 patients as a PGY3. Residents quickly learn efficiency without compromising quality care. Residents take pride in their work as we are one of the few safety net clinics in the area.
Additional Outpatient Clinical Experience
In addition to the continuity clinics, our other specialty clinics are structured for teaching. These opportunities include: Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Geriatric Clinic, Street Medicine, Sports Medicine, HIV Clinic , Rainbow Clinic, Outpatient Procedures (skin biopsies, abscess incision/drainage, toe nail removal, Nexplanon/ IUD, endometrial biopsies)
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
