Kaiser Permanente Southern California San Diego Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a large, integrated managed-care Family Medicine program embedded within Kaiser Permanente San Diego's 200+ physician department, offering residents direct patient responsibility within a fully integrated EHR system and Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home structure serving over 600,000 health plan members. The program's identity centers on ambulatory, evidence-based, team-based primary care with substantial community-clinic affiliations (La Maestra, Neighborhood Health, Vista Clinic, Planned Parenthood) and a structured global health program with recurring international medical trips. Research is available through KPSC's GME research infrastructure but is not positioned as central to training; instead, the program emphasizes systems-based practice, leadership development, advocacy participation, and community service (free physicals, urban fellowship for disadvantaged youth) as core resident competencies. Graduates predominantly enter Kaiser Permanente practice or diverse community/academic settings, reflecting a program built to produce broadly competent, socially engaged family physicians rather than fellowship-bound subspecialists.