The Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatric Residency Training Program at the LAC+USC Medical Center includes rotations in General Hospital, Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH), USC University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Center. These units provide an incredible experience in the care of patients utilizing public and private hospitals.

General Hospital has an average daily census of 600 adult patients with medical and surgical problems. There are approximately 185,000 emergency room visits and 650,000 outpatient visits annually. WCH is one of the largest maternal-child teaching unit in the United States. All neonatal and pediatric inpatient services are located within WCH including a 100 bed normal nursery, 48 bed NICU, 70 bed pediatric inpatient unit and the 8 bed PICU. In addition, the pediatric emergency room is located just inside the entrance to WCH. There are 35,000 pediatric emergency room visits per year including acute emergencies, urgent care and minor trauma. Additional experience with major and minor trauma is provided within the trauma unit in General Hospital.

The adult and pediatric outpatient facilities are located adjacent to the Hospitals. We have additional buildings for our internationally acclaimed Violence Intervention Program which is the referral unit for victims of abuse. Our unique maternal-child HIV program is also located in a separate structure, the Health Research Association Building, across the street from the medical center. The adult HIV Program is located in a newly constructed facility across from WCH. Another two story building houses many of the research programs for the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.

The medical center is the referral unit for the Los Angeles County's Northeast Healthcare Network. The Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics provide primary care, specialty clinics and continuing education in the health centers providing our residents with an opportunity for extensive community outreach. Continuity Clinics for Internal Medicine are located at the Comprehensive Health Centers.

The required adolescent medicine rotation is supervised by the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and provides added experience with community based services such as Job Corps and free clinics. Residents also rotate through the mobile asthma van program which provides preventive care and education at schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

There are libraries in General Hospital, WCH and at the Keck School of Medicine. Computer access and reference books are located in all patient care areas. Additional resources are available in the large resident lounge.

The curriculum is designed to take advantage of these excellent resources with a sensitivity to maximizing opportunities for learning and minimizing travel time.

More detailed information about the hospitals is available on the USC residencies web site.

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