California's Unopposed programs?

[Spazz]

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I'm looking for a list of Cali's unopposed programs -- can anyone direct me to one? Thx.

 

[Doctor Peloncito]

I'm looking for a list of Cali's unopposed programs -- can anyone direct me to one? Thx.

merced, redding, santa rosa, natividad, martinez. those are the ones that come to mind in norcal I have no clue about the ones in socal.

 

[voltron77]

I know that all the Kaiser programs in southern California are unopposed with the exception of Kaiser Sunset (Los Angeles), which is an opposed program. I also think Long Beach is unopposed but I can not be 100% sure.

 

[awdc]

Ventura County

 

[Hobbes175]

Here are the ones I know of:
Glendale Adventist
Northridge
Kaiser Woodland Hills
Kaiser Fontana
Kaiser Riverside
Kaiser Orange County
Long Beach
Ventura

 

[Buena Park]

what does 'unoppesed programs' mean ?

 

[thedman888]

what does 'unoppesed programs' mean ?

it's not oppressed

 

[thedman888]

Here are the ones I know of:
Glendale Adventist
Northridge
Kaiser Woodland Hills
Kaiser Fontana
Kaiser Riverside
Kaiser Orange County
Long Beach
Ventura

long beach is not entirely unopposed

 

[Doc Alamat]

Buena Park..unopposed means no other residency programs in the institution which favors the family med residents. They get to run the show I guess..i.e., in a Pedia rotation, no peds residents, just Fam Med peeps.

 

[elizabeth5863]

I'm at an opposed university program and actually like it more. (My sub-I was at an unopposed family medicine residency program). I wouldn't rule out a program just because it's opposed. There are many days where I'm so thankful that there are cardiology fellows and other residents from other services to consult, so that my pts would get quick care. At smaller unopposed programs, we'd have to wait longer for consults from attendings. Oh, and the workload is so incredibly high that I'm glad I have fellow OB-GYN interns and interns from other services and that it's not just me.

 

[Spazz]

what does 'unoppesed programs' mean ?

An Unopposed family medicine residency basically means that there are no other competing residencies at that program. Example -- at Ventura, the only residency is Family Medicine -- there is no internal medicine, pediatrics, Ob-Gyn, or surgery residencies there. The implication is that all the inpatients are managed by family medicine residents. What people like about this system is that residents potentially get stronger training in managing the more complex problems because there are no other competing residents to see those patients.

At "opposed" programs like, say, Kaiser Sunset, however, there are residents from the other specialties. What this means is that only some of the patients will be managed by family physicians. A downside to this system is that the more complicated patients end up being seen by the other residencies, taking away the learning opportunity from the FM residents. On the other hand, some people prefer to go toe-to-toe with internests, pediatricians, etc. who have a solid background in their 3 years of training soley in their specialty.

Hope this helps.

 

[Spazz]

Thanks for all these responses folks.

About Long Beach Memorial, why isn't it 100% unopposed?

Is it like how it is with UCLA/SM, where they their inpatient medicine at UCLA is opposed but other rotations are at SM where it is unopposed? Thanks.

 

[thedman888]

Thanks for all these responses folks.

About Long Beach Memorial, why isn't it 100% unopposed?

Is it like how it is with UCLA/SM, where they their inpatient medicine at UCLA is opposed but other rotations are at SM where it is unopposed? Thanks.

LBM has surgical and IM residents from UCI that rotates thru. They also have peds residents at Miller's

 

[elizabeth5863]

An Unopposed family medicine residency basically means that there are no other competing residencies at that program. Example -- at Ventura, the only residency is Family Medicine -- there is no internal medicine, pediatrics, Ob-Gyn, or surgery residencies there. The implication is that all the inpatients are managed by family medicine residents. What people like about this system is that residents potentially get stronger training in managing the more complex problems because there are no other competing residents to see those patients.

At "opposed" programs like, say, Kaiser Sunset, however, there are residents from the other specialties. What this means is that only some of the patients will be managed by family physicians. A downside to this system is that the more complicated patients end up being seen by the other residencies, taking away the learning opportunity from the FM residents. On the other hand, some people prefer to go toe-to-toe with internests, pediatricians, etc. who have a solid background in their 3 years of training soley in their specialty.

Hope this helps.

Hello,

I'd like to point out that it depends on the location of the residency program and the patient population. I'm at an opposed university program but 1/3 of my pts have chronic renal failure and 1/3 have congestive heart failure, etc. We do the same stuff that the internal medicine residents do because there are just so many darn patients. I also have had the experience of doing a sub-I in a small community unopposed residency program and I HARDLY ever came across pts with so many multiple medical problems. I hardly ever came chronic renal failure except in elderly pts and, here, where I'm at, we have stage 3 CKD in pts in their 50's. It seems like 1 in every 3-4 pts who we admit have CHF, CAD, CKD and need diuresis and persantine thallium stress test, etc. We see all the fp pts that are admitted. And OB... ugh. we do so much triage work and a neigboring unopposed fp program sends their pts to us. It gets to be so overwhelming at times....but the people I work with are great and so it makes the hard work not too bad. So... it really depends on the patient population. California definitely has so many people with so many medical problems, I wish I were back in a smaller less populated place sometimes.

 

[Buena Park]

How about RCRMC....riverside county regional medical center program...i think that also unoppposed program. Question to those who have done their rotations there...is it a good program to get trained at ? and what are the fellowship chances in Sports Med>

 

[AwesomO]

Hello,

I'd like to point out that it depends on the location of the residency program and the patient population. I'm at an opposed university program but 1/3 of my pts have chronic renal failure and 1/3 have congestive heart failure, etc. We do the same stuff that the internal medicine residents do because there are just so many darn patients. I also have had the experience of doing a sub-I in a small community unopposed residency program and I HARDLY ever came across pts with so many multiple medical problems. I hardly ever came chronic renal failure except in elderly pts and, here, where I'm at, we have stage 3 CKD in pts in their 50's. It seems like 1 in every 3-4 pts who we admit have CHF, CAD, CKD and need diuresis and persantine thallium stress test, etc. We see all the fp pts that are admitted. And OB... ugh. we do so much triage work and a neigboring unopposed fp program sends their pts to us. It gets to be so overwhelming at times....but the people I work with are great and so it makes the hard work not too bad. So... it really depends on the patient population. California definitely has so many people with so many medical problems, I wish I were back in a smaller less populated place sometimes.

I've noticed this as well. As I'm looking at programs now I'm not so much concerned with Opposed Vs. Unopposed as I am patient population and volume. Whats the point of being unopposed if most of your patients are uncomplicated or you have a low volume?