Rotations at SPCH include inpatient and ambulatory clinical experiences. Residents rotate at Legacy Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland during intern year for inpatient pediatrics, and in pediatric emergency medicine at Providence St. Vincent’s during third year. All other inpatient experiences are done within the Samaritan Health Services system.
Virtual didactics are every Wednesday afternoon in conjunction with the Samaritan Family Medicine Residency Program in Corvallis. Simulation lab is held three times a year in person with the Corvallis program at Samaritan’s state of the art simulation facility in Lebanon, Oregon. Didactics lectures are presented by both faculty and residents. Residents participate in monthly journal club, M&M conference, and become certified in ACLS, ATLS, ALSO, PALS, and NRP. The program hosts tailored didactics five times a year in the format of breakout sessions that cover topics relevant to the Areas of Concentration (see below), practice management, DEI, or “deep dives” into specific topics such as inpatient medicine or OB/GYN.
The Samaritan Family Medicine residency programs offer longitudinal, specialized curriculum in the form of “Areas of Concentration” (AOC) for residents interested in Osteopathic Manipulation (OMT), Sports Medicine, and Wilderness Medicine. Each AOC has a defined teaching faculty, competency-based goals and objectives, and longitudinal clinical experiences that will supplement their knowledge in these focused areas.
There are many opportunities for residents to shape the future of this new rural training program and to have a positive impact on the local community. Chief and Junior chief residents are elected by their peers. The residents hold a seat on the Pacific Communities Health District Foundation board of directors which helps inform the provision of medical care and resources within the community. This also provides opportunities for residents to interact with community leaders. Residents also serve on both residency and hospital-based committees. There is a resident representative on the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians board of directors.
Residents complete two quality improvement projects during their training with the support from the SHS Research Department. Residents present at least one scholarly activity at the annual SHS Research Symposium and have opportunities to present their work regionally and nationally.
Residents complete rotation-relevant Knowledge Self-Assessment (KSA) activities throughout the course of residency in addition to the continuous KSA questions as they work toward their board certification in family medicine.
Residents get 8 weeks of elective time in their second year of training and 16 weeks in the third year of training. There are several elective opportunities both on the Coast and in the Valley at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
