Residency Programs
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Residency
Activities and Wellness
Medical Education
If you’re interested in academic medicine and love to teach, UC Davis has an impressive number of opportunities to hone your skills as an educator. In addition to having third- and fourth-year medical students rotating on both our internal medicine and psychiatry rotations, you can have protected time to teach courses at the UC Davis School of Medicine (SOM), such as Doctoring, during your senior years. You can also participate in the Medical Education track within the internal medicine program which provides didactics and practical training to help you become a better clinical educator. Finally, UC Davis SOM has nine student-run clinics where residents can precept second-year medical students in caring for our underserved, vulnerable community members.
Research/Scholarly Activities
Residents have many and varied opportunities to get involved in research and educational projects throughout their time at UC Davis. As combined residents, we have a unique perspective and can get involved in interdisciplinary projects with wonderful administrative support to pursue our personal research interests. There are Research and Quality Improvement tracks within the Internal Medicine department in which residents are taught important concepts such as methodology and study design and appropriate skills such as statistics and IRB proposals. The Psychiatry department also provides a rich resource for research in our collaborations with the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain, Center for Neuroscience, MIND Institute, and Imaging Research Center. Learn more below:
- IM/Psych Resident Scholarly Activity
- Internal Medicine Department Research
- Psychiatry Department Research
Conferences
Whether you are interested in scholarly activity and want to present your research or learn more about the new advances in your field, UC Davis provides protected time for residents to attend conferences each year. For those who present their work at a conference, there are several educational stipends to offset the costs of travel and registration. Notably, our program aims to have most of our residents attend the annual Association of Medicine and Psychiatry meeting in the Fall.
Leadership Roles
Residents are encouraged to take on leadership roles, and we serve as ambassadors to multiple disciplines. Opportunities range from our categorical and combined residency programs to national professional medical organizations. The list includes, but is not limited to:
- Internal Medicine or Psychiatry Resident Steering Committee
- Interdepartmental Resident Medical Staff Committee
- Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Chief Resident
- Internal Medicine Leadership Track
- Organized medicine, such as the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, and the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry
Resident Wellness
With the busy nature of being a resident, we prioritize individual wellness as well as resident cohesion. Both the Internal Medicine and Psychiatry programs have their respective wellness programs, including annual retreats, built-in wellness blocks during your internal medicine ambulatory rotation, peer support groups, and frequent peer-driven social gatherings. Our combined residents also have their own annual weekend retreat, where, as you might suspect, we play board games, explore nature, and create fond memories that strengthen our bonds as a family.
Read more about wellness for all UC Davis residents
Life in Sacramento
At UC Davis, we feel fortunate to be located in Sacramento. Once known as the “City of Trees” and now celebrated as the “Farm-to-Fork Capital,” Sacramento offers a wide range of opportunities to nourish and recharge. The city boasts a vibrant local food scene and hosts multiple large farmers markets throughout the week. A stroll through Midtown reveals the city’s artistic side, with colorful murals decorating buildings around nearly every corner. With an average of 265 sunny days per year—well above the national average of 205—there’s rarely a bad day to be outdoors. Music lovers can enjoy everything from major festivals at Discovery Park to intimate Concerts in the Park downtown. Sacramento is home to the NBA’s Kings, the Triple-A River Cats baseball team, the USL’s Sacramento Republic FC soccer club, and will host MLB Athletics games through 2027—offering exciting sports action for every fan. Sacramento’s central location also means quick getaways to Tahoe, San Francisco, Yosemite, and Napa are just a short drive away, making it easy to make the most of golden weekends.
