Residency Curriculum

Oregon Forest
A trail through a sunlit Pacific Northwest forest.

Four-Year Curriculum

As a leader in family medicine, our four-year program is designed to prepare physicians for the rapidly changing health care landscape and growing complexity of patient care.

Previously part of the Length of Training Pilot, we transitioned in academic year 2024-2025 to the AIRE (Advancing Innovation in Residency Education) program. With this next iteration of the 4-year residency, we will be incorporating advanced Graduate Medical Education experiences into our pre-existing model, using time as a variable to achieve mastery of specialized skills by the family medicine resident.

We offer our residents the opportunity to apply for an integrated fellowship to span their 3rd and 4th years. These include;

  1. Sports Medicine, which allows eligibility to obtain a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine
  2. Hospice and Palliative Medicine, which allows eligibility to obtain a Certificate of Added Qualification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  3. Advanced Maternity Care with an option for in-depth C-Section training
  4. Clinical Leadership
  5. Comprehensive Family Medicine, which includes significant modifiable time in the 3rd and 4th years to allow for honing of specific skills and in-depth exploration of various interests, including but not limited to global health, gender affirming care, addiction medicine, reproductive health, and rural medicine.

We provide residents a personal; small-team experience within our five clinics, as well as the opportunities of a large academic health system. We prepare residents for their future careers with increased training in team-based care, leadership, population health, quality improvement, behavioral medicine, maternity and inpatient care. Our program is further strengthened by: 

  • A Family Medicine Department that has a rich history in residency innovation and full scope family medicine care.
  • Numerous opportunities to partner with our influential research faculty within focus areas such as health policy and population health, dissemination and implementation science, innovation and transformation, and medical education.
  • A balance of tertiary care training and education experiences in both community and rural settings.
  • A vibrant city rich in arts, environmental, recreational and culinary activities.

Clinic First Curriculum

Our Clinic First curriculum strives to regularly alternate between inpatient rotation and outpatient rotations, with changes every 1-2 weeks. Please note that our schedule complexity does not allow for this to be fully realized, though it remains a guiding principle for how we build rotation lines. With this model, residents are exposed to the in-depth care provided in the hospital while maintaining patient access and continuity of care in their home clinic. The frequent change of rotation provides residents with a more even distribution of weekend days off as well as exposure to an array of faculty mentors. 

This curriculum is aimed at minimizing intraday transitions, creating full days of education and limiting stretches of inpatient schedule demands while providing residents regular access to their patient panels. We hope that it ultimately increases resident and patient wellness, too.

Gabriel Park is situated on the border of five ZIP codes in southwest Portland. We serve the residents of these communities in a setting of single-family and multifamily dwellings, across from Gabriel Park - a pleasant retreat in a community setting.

Commute from 博彩网站 main campus: 4 miles, a 10 minute drive.

Patient demographics:

  • About 39,000 patient visits per year.
  • Medicaid/Medicare patients: 20%; private insurance: 76%; private pay/other: 4%.
  • Pediatric (newborn to 18): 15%. Adult (19-64): 68%. Senior (65 and older): 17%.
  • Ethnic makeup is predominately Caucasian. Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Black/African American, and American Indian/Alaska Native represent 6%, 5.1%, 2.7% and 1.2%, respectively.

Clinical resources:

  • Our clinic performs many procedures such as acupuncture, vasectomies, colposcopy, circumcision, and mole and cyst removal.
  • Sports Medicine clinic
  • Travel Medicine clinic

Faculty mix:

  • 16 M.D. and 1 D.O. faculty
  • 2 sports medicine fellows
  • 5 advanced practice providers (N.P, P.A.)
  • 3 behavioral health providers (2 L.C.S.W, 1 resource specialist)

Across the Willamette River from "The Hill" or main 博彩网站 campus, the Richmond Clinic sits in southeast Portland, surrounded by an economically diverse neighborhood, lively business districts and the expansive wooded parks of nearby Mt. Tabor.

Commute from 博彩网站 main campus: 4 miles, 15 minutes by car; some residents bike from or live in nearby neighborhoods.

Patient demographics:

  • Approximately 43,000 patient visits per year.
  • Medicaid/Medicare patients: 53%; private insurance: 41%; private pay/other: 6%.
  • Pediatric (newborn to 18): 13%. Adult (19-64): 75%. Senior (65 and older): 12%.
  • Ethnic makeup: Caucasian, Hispanic/Latino, Black/African American, Asian, and American Indian/Alaska Native represent 72%, 8.5%, 7.1%, 6.1%, and 2.3%, respectively.

Clinical resources:

  • Four-star, Tier 3 Patient Centered Primary Care Home, including integrated behavioral health team.
  • Specialty clinics include ENT, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Sports Medicine, Cardiology, integrative medicine consult, integrated movement therapy, and acupuncture.
  • Medication-assisted treatment team.
  • FQHC also includes Family Medicine East Portland Clinic, a school-based health center at Benson High School and an Immediate Care clinic, co-located in Cascadia Behavioral Health nearby

Faculty mix:

  • 14 M.D. faculty
  • 8 advanced practice providers (FNP, PA, PMHNP)
  • 7 behavioral health providers (LCSW)
  • 8 clinical pharmacists

Located on the 博彩网站 campus on the waterfront, the South Waterfront clinic is on the 9th floor of the 博彩网站 Center for Health & Healing, Building 1. The facility has been recognized as the largest environmentally friendly building to receive the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rating.

Commute from 博彩网站 main campus: 3 minutes by aerial tram, at the bottom of the hill.

Patient demographics:

  • About 48,000 patient visits per year.
  • Medicaid/Medicare patients: 18%; private insurance: 76%; private pay/other: 6%.
  • Pediatric (newborn to 18): 10%. Adult (19-64): 75%. Senior (65 and older): 15%.
  • Ethnic makeup: Caucasian, Asian Hispanic/Latino, Black/African American, and American Indian/Alaska Native represent 74%, 10%, 6.6%, 4.9%, and 1%, respectively.

Clinical resources:

  • Specialty clinics include Podiatry, Sports Medicine, a Women’s Health clinic, a LEEP clinic and a Reproductive Health clinic.
  • First-trimester abortions can be done in the clinic - open to all residents including those based at our other clinical sites.
  • Integrative medicine services, including acupuncture and OMT.
  • Group visits including chronic pain group.

Faculty mix:

  • 26 M.D. and D.O. faculty
  • 4 advanced practice providers (F.N.P., P.A.-C.)
  • 3 behavioral health providers (L.C.S.W.)
  • 2 Sports Medicine providers
  • 1 Acupuncturist
  • 1 Podiatrist

Our Scappoose clinic is located about 25 miles northwest of Portland, in the medically underserved area of Columbia County, population 48,000. In addition to being a Tier 3 Oregon Primary Care Medical Home, this clinic is a federally designated Rural Health Clinic.

Commute from 博彩网站 main campus: 21 miles, a 30 minute drive.

Patient demographics:

  • Approximately 32,000 patient visits per year.
  • Medicaid/Medicare patients: 50%; private insurance: 44%; private pay/other: 6%.
  • Pediatric (newborn to 18): 22%. Adult (19-64): 64%. Senior (65 and older): 14%.
  • Ethnic makeup is predominately Caucasian. Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian represent 5.9%, 2.4% and 1.8%, respectively.

Clinical resources:

  • Full-spectrum preventative care
  • Sports Medicine service
  • Podiatry service
  • Transgender care
  • Medication-assisted treatment
  • Full-spectrum family-centered maternity care including cesarean section, pre-pregnancy counseling, prenatal care, delivery and newborn care.

Faculty mix:

  • 12 M.D. and 2 D.O. faculty
  • 5 advanced practice providers (F.N.P., P.A.)
  • 1 podiatrist
  • 1 sports medicine provider
  • 5 behavioral health providers (L.C.S.W)