Good Samaritan Hospital Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Oct 6, 2026

Good Samaritan Hospital Program

Good Samaritan Hospital Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in wasco, California, directed by swapna palav, MD and coordinated by Nohemi Barriga, MA, PsyD.. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at ndafdony@goodsamhospital.com or (661) 215-7500. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

A new rural-focused community family medicine residency sponsored by Good Samaritan Hospital in Kern County, California, drawing its ambulatory base from the system's rural health clinics in Wasco, Shafter and Arvin. It is structured as a 4-4-4 residency and admitted its inaugural class of four residents in July 2026. The sponsoring system comprises a medical-surgical hospital, an inpatient psychiatric unit, rural health clinics and affiliated primary care and psychiatric groups. Training covers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medicine, obstetrics and inpatient psychiatry, and the program reports distinctive experiences in correctional medicine, addiction medicine and alcohol rehabilitation, and street medicine delivered through a mobile care van. The program states that its mission is to educate family physicians for medically underserved populations, with an emphasis on health equity, culturally responsive training and community engagement.

Who it fits

An applicant committed to full-spectrum rural family medicine and to caring for an underserved agricultural community.

Research intensity

Low; research is named among the program's broad aims but no research curriculum, mentorship structure or scholarly output is described.

Career orientation

Primary Care / Community Practice.

Important

The program states an explicit rural and medically underserved mission, and requires three letters of recommendation written within the previous three years.

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Family Medicine

Deadline

Accreditation Status N/A NEW

SCORE

USMLE STEP 1

USMLE STEP 2

SCORE NOTES

VISA POLICY

VISA

GRADUATION CUT OFF

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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CURRENT RESIDENTS