The goal of the Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) is to train highly competent, compassionate primary care internists who will practice medicine with underserved populations. The primary care internist is expected to serve as a provider in diverse settings from home to the Intensive Care Unit and to retain the central role in assuring care of the whole patient, including psychological, ethical and socio-cultural aspects.
To achieve this goal the ACMC Primary Care Program supplements the traditional Internal Medicine Program in several fundamental ways. It exposes residents to the provision of care in diverse ambulatory settings and in the context of close coordination with other health professionals.
The curriculum includes study of sub-populations of vulnerable patients including ophthalmology, ENT, dermatology, women's health, orthopedics, psychiatry, preventive and behavioral medicine, adolescent medicine, bioethics, public health and health policy. Finally, residents have more extensive continuity time with patients and are primary care relationships with patients. It is the philosophy of the Division that a caring, comprehensive, patient oriented approach to medicine is the heart of primary care.
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