Chehalis Rural Training Program

Why Train in our Rural Community?

- Rigorous training with the support to help you thrive

• Our patients have substantial chronic and acute medical conditions which provide excellent opportunities to learn and to build confidence, knowing you are helping people manage their health and wellbeing.
• Our team - the residents, administrators, faculty, clinic and hospital staff - care about our residents and each other. Wellness is an expectation powered by supportive camaraderie and an understanding that we can support people in being as well as possible while adapting to residency.

- Whether you're interested in outpatient, inpatient, obstetrics, lifestyle medicine, addiction medicine, OMT, or other have other special interests, our full-spectrum training and flexible schedule are built to help you prepare for the future. Check out our specialized tracks and clinics.

- The beautiful and historical location: nestled in the heart of southwestern Washington, Lewis County is home to outdoor adventures, historical sites, fields of flowers, local eateries, farms, and more. Hiking, biking, kayaking, skiing is never far away.

- A small-community feel only 30 minutes from the state capital, Olympia, and 1.5 hours each from the even-more-urban amenities of Portland and Seattle.

• Are you from another area? Many of our residents are, and after discovering the beauty of the area and its people, it's not uncommon for them to decide to stay here. It is 1.5 hours from two major airports (SeaTac and Portland) so you can stay connected, whether you want to travel or show your family and friends this beautiful place.

The Providence St. Peter Chehalis Rural Training Program is centered around providing high-quality care for an underserved population, utilizing the latest guidelines and research. Our home base continuity clinic is Chehalis Family Medicine in Chehalis, Lewis County, WA.

Our program is a strong fit for medical students looking to provide empathetic and evidence-based care for medically underserved persons, develop a solid foundation in the fundamentals of full spectrum family medicine, and experience innovative practice models at our Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). We offer a rigorous rural family medicine training program with robust support from upper-level residents, faculty, administration, and not least of all, our support staff. We are an interdisciplinary team with physicians, pharmacists, and behaviorists in our clinic and we collaborate in team-based care with warm handoffs and easy communication to facilitate excellent patient care. Additionally, our medical assistants and nurses are key parts of our healthcare delivery system and are supported in working at the greatest extent of their training.

In order to facilitate broad spectrum learning, many first-year hospital-based rotations take place at our larger Providence St. Peter Hospital (PSPH) in Olympia, WA, with the St. Peter Family Medicine Residency Program, and most second- and third-year hospital-based rotations are at our smaller community hospital (Providence Centralia Hospital (PCH)) in Centralia, WA.

We hope that you consider all that our residency has to offer you as a physician to prepare you for a sustainable life-long career caring in family medicine.

NRMP Match

The NRMP Match Number 3198120C1 must be used when ranking the Providence St. Peter Chehalis Rural Training Program. This distinguishes our rural training program from our partner residency program at Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Program in Olympia, WA.