Family Medicine Residency Program

Learn From Experienced Physicians

Resident learning from experienced physician

Healthy Rural California, a nonprofit organization focused on eliminating health disparities in the North State, offers a residency program in family medicine at Enloe Health.

Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the program offers extensive on-site education and training.

Residents work under the supervision of Enloe’s trusted physicians at Enloe Health Enloe Medical Center, located in Chico, California.

Enloe’s experienced caregivers stay up to date on the most current evidence, so they can provide the best-quality care possible — and help the next generation of family physicians do the same.

A Well-Rounded Program

Resident and child high fivingMission: Healthy Rural California’s Family Medicine Residency is committed to training residents to be excellent clinicians for underserved and diverse communities in the rural region of Northern California. Residents will become effective advocates for primary care, health care access, and equity and will provide high-quality care in a variety of interprofessional clinical settings.

This program offers outstanding support from knowledgeable faculty, leading-edge academics and the opportunity to connect with diverse patients and caregivers.

Rotations will cover:

  • Family medicine
  • Pediatrics
  • Emergency department
  • Hospital medicine
  • Obstetrics & gynecology
  • Hematology/oncology
  • Emergency medicine
  • Community health
  • Hospital medicine
  • Elective rotations
  • Sports medicine
  • General surgery
  • Otolaryngology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Intensive care
  • Orthopedics
  • Nephology
  • Urology

Residents will also attend didactics each week. These sessions will allow residents to discuss interesting cases, hear invigorating lectures and recharge in Enloe’s resident lounge before returning to clinical responsibilities.

Benefits

The family medicine residency offers a salary and comprehensive medical, vision, and dental benefits. These include:

  • Paid maternity and paternity leave after 12 months of employment
  • Life, disability and professional liability insurance
  • Paid vacation time and sick leave
  • And paid orientation time

To support residents’ professional growth, the program also:

  • Offers an annual educational stipend and funding for residents to present their research
  • Sponsors residents’ ACLS, PALS, NRP, ATLS and ALSO certifications
  • Pays for residents’ membership in one professional organization
  • And Provides Step 3 and Resident Training License reimbursement

Plus, residents will receive:

  • A discounted gym membership
  • A Butterfly ultrasound device
  • And free meals and parking

How to Apply

Woman applying onlineEnloe will welcome four residents in 2025.

To apply, please participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service, which opens September 2024. Healthy Rural California will interview applicants in that system in late 2024 and early 2025.

Final decisions will be announced on Match Day in March 2025.

Please be aware that, for this application cycle, Healthy Rural California will only consider applicants living in the United States. The organization will begin considering international applicants in 2026.

Have Questions?

Please contact Elisa Chavez, Healthy Rural California’s Family Medicine Residency Program Coordinator, at echavez@healthyruralca.org.