Internal Medicine Residency Training Sites

St. Bernardine Medical Center

St. Bernardine Medical Center (SMBC) is a fully-accredited, acute care general hospital with 427 beds. SBMC is a member of CommonSpirit, one of the largest non-profit health care delivery systems in the United States.

SBMC is a recognized and accredited STEMI and stroke center. It also offers a wide range of advanced and tertiary services, including cardiothoracic surgery, neurology/neurosurgery, bariatric surgery, and vascular surgery. There is a 60 bed ICU. The ER sees over 80,000 patients a year.

SBMC is situated in the heart of one of San Bernardino's most underserved regions. Residents will see a wide variety of social determinants of health, and the patient population is socioeconomically disadvantaged, undocumented, unhoused, and ethnically and culturally diverse. The following rotations are available at this hospital:

Inpatient wards
ICU
Night float
Cardiology
Hematology-oncology
Nephrology
Infectious disease
Diagnostic radiology
Interventional radiology
Transitions of Care (post-discharge) Clinic
Radiation oncology
Pulmonary medicine (inpatient and outpatient)
Palliative care

San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital (SGMH) is a 79-bed acute care critical access hospital in Banning, CA that serves a rural, underserved community that can experience challenges with access to care. Internal medicine plays a huge role on admitting patients for surgical needs and patients in the ICU. Residents will learn to deal with a variety of challenges, which is one of the most important skills that a residency program can provide for its residents. The following rotations are available at this site:

Inpatient wards
Night float
Emergency room
ER-anesthesia

VA Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center

Jerry Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Medical Center serves 100,000 active-duty military and veteran patients annually. Residents gain specialty exposure that can be useful to prepare them for practicing primary care in under-resourced settings ort for training in advanced specialties. Some residents have their primary care clinics at the site, where they receive outstanding precepting from VA faculty.

The following rotations are available at this site:

Primary care
Rheumatology
Dermatology
Physical medicine and rehabilitation

UCR Health Multispecialty Clinic at Citrus Tower

The multidisciplinary clinic in downtown Riverside is home to several ambulatory services offered by UCR Health and hosts most residency primary care clinics. It is a well-managed ambulatory clinic that provides access to a financially diverse patients. Residents see a wide range of patients at the clinic, reflecting our community of both underinsured and fully insured patients. It is the only site that exposes residents to this unique payor mix and provides experiences that cannot be found elsewhere in our network.