Greetings from the Department of Family Medicine at Harbor-UCLA. May you find fulfillment in the pursuit of all of your dreams.
This program exists in order to assist you in your quest to become a physician. In the process, you will become a lifelong learner and an
activist for social change. You will learn how to define your own educational and social needs and you will be offered the opportunity to
become active in setting the program's educational and social priorities; you will become a co-owner of the program. In the process of
learning how to teach, you will become a better learner and you will be enhanced with leadership skills in preparation for your future role
in the community.
You will be exposed to problems common and unique to underserved populations and you will provide primary care to these individuals. Because
of their poor access to care, you will encounter very ill patients with long neglected medical needs. You will be guided carefully through
an abundance of organic and social pathology and you will have ample opportunity to practice those skills that you need to become an
outstanding physician.
Equally important, you will be given the tools that will allow you to analyze and understand the medical and social problems in communities
of need. Here, you will find a program united in the belief that health care is a right, not a privilege. We cannot and will not stand idle
as the most vulnerable in this society become neglected and forgotten. We are committed to fighting against social injustice and apathy and
we have committed ourselves and our program to this struggle.
We are equally committed to excellence in providing you with a structured and balanced training program. This program provides a dynamic
forum that integrates the medical, the technical and the psychosocial aspects of care into a continuity and family-based format, with an
emphasis on issues of empowerment in underserved communities. This program has developed the unique ability to take the enthusiasm, the
idealism and the endurance of its learners and fashion them into a program resource. We have found that there are many opportunities to make
a difference. Our residents came with the courage and the strength to make that happen; we give them the tools to ensure that it will.
Daniel Castro M.D.
Chairman
Harbor-UCLA Department of Family Medicine
recent events:
San Carlos, Chiapas, Mexico
September 2008
Residents & Faculty Return to Hospital San Carlos, Chiapas, Mexico! Multiple faculty and residents have returned to help serve this very remote and underserved population of Mexico. Full spectrum family medicine including critically ill children are only part of the intense but rewarding experience. We can’t wait to hear what happens this year!
Tecate, Mexico
September 13, 2008
Residents return to Tecate, Mexico to work with UCLA Medical Students at a one day health clinic. This long standing collaboration provides medical care for hundreds of poor borber residents who would otherwise not have access to care.
Residency Fair at UCI
September 13, 2008
California Academy Family Practitioners Residency Fair at UCI. Come say hello and learn more about our program while we enjoy the Anteaters campus.
1403 W. Lomita Blvd Suite 102
Harbor City, CA 90710
a difference. Our residents came with the courage and the strength to make that happen; we give them the tools to ensure that it will.
