The UC Davis Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Residency Training Program offers clinical rotations in various settings. Residents gain experience caring for a diverse cross-section of the Sacramento Valley population. All sites are conveniently located within a 15-minute drive from the UC Davis Medical Center.
UC Davis Medical Center
Our primary academic teaching hospital is a 646-bed facility and serves as a level 1 trauma center and major tertiary care center for the Central Valley and northern California. The hospital serves a diverse range of uninsured and underinsured populations.
Sacramento County Health Center
A federally quailed health center focusing on the urban underserved including Medicaid, uninsured, and undocumented individuals, under Sacramento County’s Healthy Partners plan. Numerous languages are represented here, including Spanish, Russian, Hmong, Mien, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi, and Tagalog.
Lawrence Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
Outpatient clinic for privately insured, Medicare and Medi-Cal.
Sacramento County Main Jail
Located in the heart of downtown Sacramento, the Sacramento County Main Jail houses 2,400 inmates and an 18-bed inpatient psychiatric unit for individuals with the highest psychiatric acuity.
VA Northern California Health Care Center
The primary hospital for VA Northern California region, stretching from the East Bay Area to the California-Oregon border.
Sacramento County Mental Health Treatment Center
Inpatient psychiatry and mental health intake/stabilization unit for especially vulnerable patients with serious mental illness suffering from acute crises.
UC Davis Behavioral Health Center
Primary training site for PGY4 year, including advanced psychopharmacology and psychotherapy practice (primarily CBT and psychodynamic).
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente (North Sacramento) is a community hospital operated by the largest HMO in California.
PGY-1 (rotate between IM and Psych every 2-4 months*) |
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Internal Medicine |
Psychiatry |
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Ambulatory Medicine |
6 weeks |
Consult Liaison |
8 weeks |
Emergency Medicine |
2 weeks |
Emergency Psychiatry |
4 weeks |
Inpatient Medicine |
12 weeks |
Jail Psychiatry |
4 weeks |
Intensive Care Unit |
4 weeks |
VA Inpatient Psychiatry |
8 weeks |
Continuity Clinic |
.5 day/week |
Neurology |
4 weeks |
PGY-2 (rotate between IM and Psych every 2-4 months*) |
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Internal Medicine |
Psychiatry |
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Ambulatory Medicine |
4 weeks |
Addiction Psychiatry |
4 weeks |
Cardiology Inpatient |
4 weeks |
Inpatient Psychiatry |
16 weeks |
Inpatient Medicine |
12 weeks |
Integrated BH Clinic |
4 Weeks |
Emergency Medicine |
2 weeks |
Geriatric Psychiatry |
4 Weeks |
Neurology |
4 weeks |
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Elective Rotation** |
4 weeks |
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Continuity Clinic |
.5 day/week |
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PGY-3 (primarily IM) |
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Internal Medicine |
Psychiatry |
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Ambulatory Medicine |
2 weeks |
Integrated BH Clinic |
8 weeks |
Cardiology/ICU |
10 weeks |
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Inpatient Medicine |
14 weeks |
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Medicine Consults |
2 weeks |
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Elective Rotation** |
6 weeks |
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Med/Psych Elective |
4 weeks |
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Research |
2 weeks |
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Continuity Clinic |
.5 day/week |
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PGY-4 (primarily outpatient Psych) |
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Internal Medicine |
Psychiatry |
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Continuity Clinic |
.5 day/week |
Outpatient Psychiatry - Psychotherapy - Medication management - Child psychiatry |
52 weeks |
Med/Psych Longitudinal Elective
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.5 day/week
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PGY-5 (rotate between IM & Psych with more integrated/elective rotations) |
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Internal Medicine |
Psychiatry |
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Ambulatory Medicine |
2 weeks |
Consult Liaison |
8 weeks |
Inpatient Medicine |
4 weeks |
Inpatient Psychiatry |
8 weeks |
Intensive Care Unit |
4 weeks |
Elective*** |
10 weeks |
Integrated BH Clinic |
4 weeks |
Research |
2 weeks |
Selectives** |
10 weeks |
Continuity Clinic |
.5 day/week |
Continuity Clinic**** |
.5 day/week |
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* Intern to resident transition for Psych and IM respectably occurs in summer and winter of PGY2 year
** Medicine selectives can be outpatient and inpatient experiences including geriatric medicine, cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, nephrology, infectious disease, palliative care, etc.
*** Psychiatry electives include interventional psychiatry (including ECT & TMS), collaborative care, toxicology, addiction, custom electives, etc.
**** During PGY-5 year, residents may adapt continuity experience based on interests