There is no pyramidal system of training past the first postgraduate year. Each resident is assigned to a sufficient number and variety of patients to assure broad training and experience. Opportunity for continuity of patient care is afforded in outpatient clinics. Residents are given increasing responsibility for patient care as their capability develops. Surgical residents, as they acquire surgical skill and judgement, are given increasing independence for performing major surgical procedures.
Emphasis is given to practical instruction at the bedside and in the operating room.
Extensive clinical investigation is being carried out at this hospital. Resident physicians are encouraged to participate in or undertake clinical investigation. Residents have teaching responsibilities to GY-1's, medical students and nurses. The training objective is to train physicians who, upon completion of their training, are qualified to begin the practice of medicine in a responsible, scientific and ethical manner. Salaries Postgraduate physicians' salaries are negotiated between the County of Los Angeles and the Joint Council of Interns and Residents and are subject to change.