Clerkships

Providing Community Medicine to Underserved Patients

These rotations are for medical students who wish to gain experience in a family medicine environment that caters to the underserved Latino population of the San Diego border area.

Outpatient and inpatient rotations are available for visiting medical students.

Rotation opportunities include:

• Inpatient service
• Various outpatient clinics, such as the resident clinic and Southwest High adolescent clinic
• Participation in prenatal care at the Samahan Clinic.

There is a close affiliation with the UC San Diego Family Medicine program.

Requirements

• Students must be enrolled in a LCME approved medical school in the United States or Canada
• Completed core clerkship training.
• Students must be in good academic standing with their school to qualify for the rotation.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying for a clerkship, please print and submit the
Community Medicine Clerkship Application. (PDF, 137 KB)