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Preventive Medicine Residency
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Applications accepted July
1 - October 1
Application Deadline: October 1
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- Preventive Medicine focuses on health promotion and disease and
disability prevention.
- The mission of the California Department of
Health Services (DHS) Preventive Medicine Residency Program is to develop public health
physicians who can provide strong leadership in California public health agencies.
- Fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education since 1980 as a postgraduate medical education program in General Preventive
Medicine/Public Health.
- One- or two-year (PGY3 only, or PGY2 and PGY3)
Residency positions
available; PGY3/Practicum Residents may be placed in DHS offices in Sacramento or
Berkeley, or in local health departments throughout California.
- Applicants must have a California medical license to be eligible for
the Residency.
As of 2006, Graduates are employed in a variety of settings:
- California State & Local Health Departments
(46 graduates),
- Health Departments outside of California (7 graduates),
- Federal agencies (15 graduates),
- California non-health department employment (18 graduates),
- Non-health department employment outside California (8 graduates).
For more specific information click on: Program Components , Program
Prerequisites, Application Procedures, or Links to other Preventive Medicine pages.
This program and website are supported by the
Preventive Health Services Block Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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