Home Careers & Education Graduate Medical Education Graduate Medical Education Programs Family Medicine Rural Training Program Curriculum
Rotations in both Corvallis and Newport include inpatient and ambulatory clinical experiences. Residents rotate at Legacy Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland during intern year for inpatient pediatrics and at Providence St. Vincent’s during third year for pediatric emergency medicine. All other inpatient experiences are done within the Samaritan Health Services system (at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in first year and Pacific Communities Hospital during the second and third years).
Residents’ addiction medicine experience occurs in conjunction with the Samaritan Treatment and Recovery Services program. With the creation of a new 12-bed residential treatment center in Newport, residents will experience both outpatient and inpatient addiction medicine treatment alongside board-certified addition medicine specialists offering a full range of MAT options.
Residents have a one-month community medicine rotation in their 2nd year that is spent with Lincoln County Health Department. This experience includes time spent with primary care as well as the crisis team and behavioral health/MAT providers. As of the 2025-2026 academic year, residents will also have a one-month rotation with the Siletz Community Health Clinic, an Indian Health Services partner site that provides services for the local Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians and community members living nearby.
Didactics are held every Wednesday afternoon and are protected time for residents. Currently, didactics are virtual in conjunction with the Samaritan Family Medicine Residency Program in Corvallis, with the aim of bringing lectures out to the Oregon coast in 2026. 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. Didactic lectures are presented by both faculty and residents, with opportunities to learn from multiple specialties. Residents participate in monthly journal club, M&M conference, and become certified in ACLS, ATLS, ALSO, PALS, and NRP.
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 both regionally and nationally.
Residents complete rotation-relevant Knowledge Self-Assessment (KSA) activities throughout the course of residency in addition to the American Board of Family Medicine’s (ABFM) continuous KSA questions as they work toward their board certification in family medicine. In-training exams are conducted annually to provide an assessment of your progress in acquiring the knowledge you need to be a family physician and to evaluate how our program is meeting educational goal
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 in Newport and in Corvallis at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Opportunities for away and global health rotations for interested residents are also available.
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