site created by Joel A. Lardizabal, MD

 

 

*Each rotation occurs in a

4-week (28-day) block

 

 

* The Ward

call schedule for interns

averages to only 3 calls

per rotation (q-8 days).

 

 

Click on the

Rotation Links

for a brief description

of each rotation

 

 

 

 

Click to view    

research projects

recently presented in national meetings or published in major

medical journals 

 

Curriculum & Rotations

ROTATIONS *

PGY-1

PGY-2

PGY-3

General Medicine Wards

6

5

1

Intensive Care Unit

2

2

2

Ambulatory Care

2

1

2

Pulmonary

1

 

 

Cardiology

 

1

 

Geriatrics (UCLA)

 

1

 

Nightfloat

 

1

1

UCLA Electives

 

1

1

KMC Electives

 

 

1

Bakersfield VA Clinic

 

 

1

Emergency Medicine

 

 

1

Infectious Disease

 

 

1

Nephrology

 

 

1

Neurology

 

 

1

Vacation

1

1

1

 

 

 

 

Research & Publications

Residents are required to actively participate in at least one research undertaking to be presented at the Annual Kern Research Forum, and also at the Solomon Scholars Meeting held every year at the UCLA main campus in Los Angeles. Several of these studies have been presented in national meetings and published in major journals.