Overview Family Medicine Center
The Merced Family Medicine Center is a beautiful facility that is located next door to the main hospital. It contains twenty-two examination rooms in a setting that also includes a conference room, a library with computer access, minor surgery and procedure room, office laboratory, and residency and faculty offices. There are three nursing stations with residents working in teams at each station, with mid-level practitioners and nurses helping to provide continuity of care.
There are opportunities to learn many procedures, including flexible sigmoidoscopy, colposcopy, LEEP biopsy of the cervix, cryotherapy, vasectomy, and obstetrical ultrasound. In late 2005, the clinic acquired a new state-of-the-art obstetrical ultrasound. Specialty clinics in dermatology, gynecology, and behavioral medicine, to name a few, help round out the educational experience available in the Center. Other services that we offer to our patients include the ability to provide comprehensive perinatal services, nutritional counseling, diabetic teaching, and on-site pharmacist consultation.
During their three years in the Family Medicine Center, residents will develop a panel of patients and provide the full spectrum of family practice care. It is one of the joys of residency training to learn what it means to be a "family doctor" and provide personalized care to patients and their families. There is a great diversity of patients from all walks of life and cultures, which adds to the experience. Residents spend one to two half-days a week in the Center as a first year resident, three half-days a week as a second year resident, and four half-days a week as a third year resident.
The Family Medicine Center is the real hub of the residency experience in Merced!
