Infectious Disease Fellowship

KPC Graduate Medical Education > Infectious Disease Fellowship

PROGRAM MISSION

The mission of the Infectious Disease Fellowship at KPC Health in Hemet, California is to provide comprehensive, evidence-based clinical experience to train outstanding infectious disease sub-specialist physicians who help people achieve healthy and productive lives.

PROGRAM AIMS:

  1.   To improve the quality of care for patients treated at Hemet Global Medical Center that suffer from complicated acute and chronic conditions, and other infectious diseases. 
  2.   To improve access to specialty care for patients in Hemet and the surrounding communities, as this is a medically underserved area.
  3.   To offer more comprehensive and in-depth training opportunities for medical students, residents and residency graduates so they may learn to effectively treat infectious diseases.

TRAINING SITES & ROTATIONS

There are two main sites for the Infectious Disease Fellowship: Hemet Global Medical Center (HGMC) in Hemet, CA and Med Ped ID, Inc in Murietta, CA.  Hemet Global Medical Center is a 327-bed hospital founded in 1943 and is fully accredited by the Joint Commission.  All inpatient consult rotations will occur at HGMC.  

Med Ped ID, Inc is a medical group where all outpatient and continuity clinic training will occur under the supervision of core faculty and/or the Program Director.  Outpatient blocks will include the following clinics: Infection Control/Epidemiology, Microbiology/STD, Oncology, Elective/Peds & Transplant. 

The two years of training will consist of 13, 4-week blocks. 

PGY4: 

  • ID Inpatient Consults at HGMC – 6 blocks
  • Outpatient Blocks at Med Ped ID Inc – 5 blocks
  • Research – 1 block
  • Vacation/Conference – 1 block

PGY5:

  • ID Inpatient Consults at HGMC – 6 blocks
  • Outpatient Blocks at Med Ped ID Inc – 5 blocks
  • Research – 1 block
  • Vacation/Conference – 1 block

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must have:

  • *Completed a U.S. residency in internal medicine
  • Board-certification or board-eligibility in internal medicine
  • Proof of passing the three-step United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE).

 

* Applicants with 3 years of international internal medicine training will also be considered in accordance with ACGME Guidelines.