General preventive medicine residency
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Program highlights
- The program is fully accredited by the ACGME for PGY-1, 2, and 3.
- The Loma Linda University (LLU) program is oriented toward clinical preventive medicine and has been a leader in this area for many years.
- The training incorporates a wide variety of experiences in several affiliated institutions including: LLU Medical Center, the local County Public Health Department, a VA medical center, a not-for-profit HMO, a for-profit HMO, a forensic psychiatric hospital, and community college student health clinics, etc.
- The program offers combined four-year program in cooperation with family practice and potentially other primary care specialties as residents' interests dictate.
- LLU offers an addictions medicine fellowship (PGY-4).
- Works in coordination with the LLU occupational medicine residency program
- The program provides some financial assistance towards the MPH degree.
- LLU offers a resident salary with benefits.
- LLU is located in Southern California.
History
LLU's motto is "To Make Man Whole." The LLU School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine was established in 1948 and then the School of Public Health in 1967.
In 1979, the general preventive medicine residency program was created as a cooperative effort between the School of Public Health and the School of Medicine. Since then, the preventive medicine program has emphasized clinical preventive medicine (merging 'traditional' primary care with prevention). It addresses individual health hazards and lifestyle medicine, and works to prevent or postpone disease and injury. It also adds experience in public health, government, student health, and health maintenance organizations.
LLU strongly supports a healthy and active lifestyle. The residency promotes the goals and objectives of the Adventist Health Care System, and provides training and patient care in an atmosphere of Christian compassion and concern. The residency program is open to persons of all religious faiths who strive for excellence in caring for their patients.
Application
To obtain an application form or for more information, please contact us at:
LLU Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Nichol Hall #1516
Loma Linda, CA 92350
Phone: (909) 558-4918
Fax: (909) 558-0630
Email: ifoster@llu.edu