Our residency program provides exceptional teaching and mentorship in a
state of the art, large community hospital setting. We have 28 internal
medicine residents. Each year we accept 8 interns to our categorical program
and 4 to our preliminary program.
The kind of physician you become is greatly influenced by the environment where you train. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (PSVMC) values compassion, collaboration, and innovation. Our residents learn and work within an award-winning hospital known for its high value care. We serve a diverse population from a vast catchment area and have the busiest emergency room in Oregon. This results in excellent learning opportunities for our residents.
We are proud of the curriculum and patient care here at Providence St. Vincent, as well as the accomplishments and careers of our residents. We strive for a balance of different learning opportunities with graduated levels of responsibility that prepare our residents for any career. For inpatient medicine we designed four distinct ward teams, each with a different educational focus. Critical care is a favorite rotation which explains the frequent fellowship choice of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. The resident continuity clinic is a Medical Home where residents learn to truly be the doctor for their patients while supported by their team of faculty mentors, medical assistants, quality nurses, behaviorist, pharmacist and social worker. Our sub-specialists with whom residents rotate are experts in their fields but know how to manage and teach uncertainty. As a small program within a large hospital and even larger health system, we are able to craft unique experiences to help our residents become the physician they wish to be.
We've highlighted below helpful details about our program. We hope you enjoy exploring, and please feel free to contact us with further questions.
"In looking for a residency program, I was hoping to find a place
where I would feel at home. I have found that at St Vincent. I love the
collegiality here, not just within the program but between residents and
attendings, and especially with the specialists who devote so much time
to our learning. In our small program the bond between residents is close,
and we know we can rely on each other in moments of both strength and
weakness. Having worked as a non-physician provider for many years it
was also important to me to work on a well-integrated team, which is prioritized
here in the form of empowered pharmacists, social workers, nurses, and
all the staff who make patient care possible. This program works, every
day, to allow me to become the best physician I can be. I wouldn't want
to be anywhere else!"
2019 - 2020 Chief Resident, Kate Marshall, M.D.
