Inpatient Rotations
- Family Medicine Inpatient Service at UCLA-Santa Monica (2 Months)
- Family Medicine Inpatient Service Night Float at UCLA-Santa Monica (2 Weeks)
- Pediatrics at Olive View (1 Month)
- General Surgery at UCLA-Santa Monica (1 Month)
- Obstetrics at California Hospital (1 Month)
- Emergency Medicine at Olive View (1 Month)
- ICU at UCLA-Santa Monica (2 weeks)
Outpatient Rotations
- Women's Health at Harbor-UCLA (1 Month)
- Dermatology at the West Los Angeles VA (1 Month)
- Pediatric Ambulatory Elective (2 Weeks)
- Sports Medicine (1 Month)
- Elective Rotation (two 2 Week blocks)
ROTATION GUIDE
Dermatology: West Los Angeles VA (1 month)
We work at the West Los Angeles VA Hospital outpatient Dermatology clinic during this rotation. We diagnose and treat many common skin conditions including actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. We also learn and perform multiple skin procedures here, including cryotherapy, shave biopsies, and punch biopsies. This is a non-call rotation, and weekends are free. We also cover jeopardy during this month, which means you are the “back-up” resident for any call rotation if our resident on that service has an illness or an emergency.
Emergency Department: UCLA-Olive View Medical Center (1 month)
During this rotation, we staff the busy Emergency Department at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center with the UCLA ER residents. We triage, diagnose, and manage a variety of conditions including myocardial infarctions, fractures and lacerations, pneumonia, appendicitis, and gynecology pathology. We have the opportunity to do many procedures in this ED, including bedside ultrasounds, laceration repair, casting, displaced fracture reduction, I&Ds, lumbar punctures, paracenteses, thoracenteses, and intubations. This is a 12-hr shift work schedule, with an average of one day off in every seven.
Family Medicine Inpatient Service: UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (2 months)
Our core family medicine inpatient rotation at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital. The team consists of two interns, two PGY-2s, and is led by a senior PGY-3. The service is a combination of 1) continuity pediatric, OB, adult, and geriatric patients seen at our UCLA Family Health center that are admitted and staffed with a Family Medicine attending, 2) internal medicine patients that have a UCLA primary care doctor and staffed with an Internal Medicine hospitalist attending, and 3) OB patients who do not have a UCLA primary care doctor and staffed with on call OB laborists. We typically table round. ICU patients are co-managed with intensivists, who oversee bedside procedures such as chest tubes, arterial lines, and intubations. And finally, we are the primary Code Blue and rapid response team. This is a 12-hour shift work schedule q4, and there is an average of one day off in every seven.
Obstetrics: California Hospital (1 month)
During this rotation, we work in teams with OB-GYN attending physicians on the Labor and Delivery floor at California Hospital, servicing the urban underserved population of Downtown Los Angeles. We assess and triage patients, monitor labor progression, perform vaginal deliveries, assist in C-section deliveries, and run the postpartum service, facilitating discharge. After two months completed over the course of PGY1 and PGY2 years, every resident meets the number of deliveries required by the Family Medicine Resident Review Committee. This is a 13-hour shift-work rotation, including both day and night shifts, with an average of one day off in every seven.
Pediatrics: UCLA-Olive View Medical Center (1 month)
We work alongside the UCLA Pediatric residents on this rotation managing patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings at Olive View-UCLA Hospital. We manage common inpatient pediatric medical conditions, including asthma exacerbations and dehydration. In the outpatient setting, we work in the continuity clinic and urgent care with the pediatric subspecialist clinics such as cardiology, gastroenterology, dermatology, asthma and allergy, neurology, and nephrology. We also spend time in the Olive View ED in the exclusively pediatric area, triaging and treating pediatric patients. This is a non-call rotation, with an average of one day off in every seven.
General Surgery: UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (1 month)
This rotation is at UCLA-SM Hospital working on the inpatient surgery team with the UCLA General Surgery residents. At SMH, the surgery team covers general surgery, vascular surgery, thoracic surgery, and pediatric surgery. We spend the majority of our time in the outpatient surgery clinic. We can assist in the operating room and may perform lipoma and epidermal cyst removals. We also assist with surgical consults on the floor or the ED, chest tube and wound vacuum management. This is a q7 call rotation, with an average of one day off in every seven.
Women's Health: UCLA-Harbor Medical Center (1 month)
We staff the Gynecology Urgent Care center at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center with the Harbor OB/GYN residents. Here, we see gynecology problems ranging from pelvic pain and dysfunctional uterine bleeding, to PID and menopausal management. We also work in the colposcopy clinic, the Uro-Gyn clinic, and the family planning clinic at Harbor during this rotation. This is a non-call rotation, and weekends are free.
Sports Medicine: UCLA Santa Monica Sports Medicine Clinic (1 month)
This rotation is based in Santa Monica working alongside our Sports Medicine faculty and fellows. We work with the attendings in the outpatient setting, as well as in the UCLA Training Room with the UCLA athletes. This is a non-call rotation, and weekends are free.
Pediatric Ambulatory Elective (2 weeks)
During this rotation, we have the opportunity to rotate at various pediatric clinics in the LA area, including general peds, pediatric dermatology, and pediatric sports medicine. This is a non-call rotation, and weekends are free.
Vacation (4 weeks)
Enjoy some rest & relaxation!