Curriculum and Rotations

Rotations are 4 weeks with 13 rotations per year.

PGY-1 Intern Year

  • Inpatient Medicine: 4 Months
  • Night Block: 1 Month
  • Surgery: 1 Month
  • Labor & Delivery: 2 Months
  • ER: 1 Month
  • Outpatient Pediatrics: 1 Month (Central Neighborhood Health Foundation-FQHC, Inglewood)
  • Inpatient Pediatrics: 1 Month (MemorialCare Millers Children’s Hospital, Long Beach)
  • Outpatient Family Practice: 1 Month
  • Elective: 1 Month

PGY-2

  • ER: 1 Month
  • Women’s Health: 1 Month
  • Geriatrics: 1 Month
  • Outpatient Pediatrics: 1 Month (Central Neighborhood Medical Group-FQHC, Los Angeles)
  • Inpatient Pediatrics: 1 Month (MemorialCare Millers Children’s Hospital, Long Beach)
  • ICU: 1 Month
  • Dermatology: 1 Month
  • Night Block: 1 Month
  • Sports Medicine: 1 Month
  • Elective: 4 Months
  • Includes Intermittent Calls

PGY-3

  • Internal Medicine Senior: 2 Months
  • Night Block: 1 Month
  • Mental Health: 1 Month
  • Women’s Health: 1 Month
  • Outpatient Family Practice: 1 Month
  • Orthopedics: 1 Month
  • Urgent Care: 1 Month
  • Electives: 5 Months
  • Includes Intermittent Calls

Didactics

The Residency has an extensive didactic lecture training series. Lectures are provided by PIH health faculty and specialist attendings, occasionally by visiting lecturers and clinicians from around the eh country.

  • Daily Morning Report
  • Daily Medicine/ICU/Radiology Rounds
  • Simulation Lab Centers
  • Resident Lecture Series
  • Surgery Ground Rounds
  • Attending Didactics
  • Quality Improvement Projects
  • Scholarly Activities