Additional short lecture series for the fellows provide instruction in critical evaluation of medical literature and an introduction to biostatistics. On-call responsibilities are reasonable, and ample time is available for directed reading and many scholarly activities. A large and distinguished faculty provides fellows with excellent mentors and role models. The West Los Angeles Health Care Center, the largest health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, provides a combination of primary and tertiary care. With a long-standing tradition as a leading research facility, training programs at the West LA Healthcare Center are fully integrated with the UCLA Medical Center.
Fellows have training opportunities in five program settings.
The ICC has patients with complex medical conditions, recurrent admissions, prolonged antibiotic use, frail patients with solid tumors receiving radiation therapy and chemotherapy, complex wound care requiring active surgical intervention, and end of life care. There is also a full spectrum of rehabilitative, skilled medical and behavioral programs in the Nursing Home Care Unit. Team provides screening assessment of patients in acute care beds to better match their needs with appropriate levels of medical care, rehabilitative and nursing care. This setting provides a broad array of services to veterans who do not require acute hospitalization. The outpatient clinic provides approximately 250,000 outpatient visits each year and provides most medical and surgical care needs.