During the second and third years, each resident will have ample opportunity to establish skills in such procedures as flexible sigmoidoscopy, colposcopy, endometrial biopsy, cryosurgery, electrical cautery, minor surgery and norplant insertion and removal. The residency program provides meaningful continuity of care experience in the ambulatory internal medicine clinics. Residents see and follow their own patients in continuity clinics for all three years of their training. The HealthNet telemedicine system is frequently used for visiting professor lectures, and consultations. Residents deal with both low and high risk patients and have the opportunity to do basic science or clinical medicine research.
Residents participate in a large variety of surgical cases.
Extensive training and experience in the interpretation of fluorescein angiograms and the diagnosis and treatment of medical retinal disorders are integral parts of the program. During the second and third postgraduate years, residents attend the Stanford University Basic Science course in Ophthalmology. Residents do rotations in orthopedic surgery, general surgery, pediatric surgery, internal medicine and rehabilitation. Residents have the opportunity to do other orthopedic rotations in adult and children's, trauma, arthritis, total joint, sports and hand surgery. The program blends clinical, laboratory and didactic elements.