Adventist Health Central California Network Hanford Program

Program Identity & Fit

Adventist Health Hanford is a faith-based, community-based, unopposed Family Medicine program in California's Central Valley explicitly oriented toward rural and underserved primary care, staffing more than 40 rural health clinics across five counties and rotating residents through satellite sites in Selma, Reedley, and Fowler. The 36-month curriculum layers longitudinal Health Systems Management, Behavioral Health, and Geriatrics tracks onto traditional blocks, with a dedicated procedures clinic and access to Valley Children's Hospital for pediatric exposure. Career outcomes lean toward community and rural primary care and HMO-affiliated practice (Kaiser sites, community health centers, rural clinics) rather than fellowship or academic tracks, and the program explicitly states its mission is to grow the primary care workforce serving the Central Valley. The program values applicants who demonstrate genuine commitment to whole-person, rural family medicine and community service over research or subspecialty ambition.