Help FHCSD reach its goal of raising $150,000 to fund the equivalent of one year of training for one resident!
In 2014, Family Health Centers of San Diego created the Family Medicine Residency Program. The mission of the program is to train physicians from diverse backgrounds who are interested in providing care to the underserved communities of San Diego, while providing high-quality, broad-based clinical education and experience. The three-year residency program is primarily located at City Heights Family Health Center, in an ethnically-diverse, often-marginalized neighborhood of central San Diego. More than 40 different languages are spoken at the clinic and a large percentage of its patients fall below the federal poverty level.
Since the inception of the Family Medicine Residency Program, its medical residents have treated more than 2,000 patients and logged more than 16,000 hours. This program also helps FHCSD provide a pipeline of culturally-competent medical providers into San Diego communities, especially low-income neighborhoods. FHCSD’s residents all have a unique perspective on health care and caring for communities since they come from diverse backgrounds. This is another value of the program and the Teaching Health Centers model. For example, many of FHCSD’s residents grew up in poor neighborhoods and communities – just like their patients. This shared history provides a mutual understanding of what it’s like to have to choose between buying groceries and receiving basic medical care.
We invite you to learn more about a few of our residents and consider making a financial contribution to help sustain this residency program and the individuals who are part of it.
