Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, ACGME-accredited three-year Family Medicine program at Larkin's Palm Springs Campus, a 247-bed teaching hospital in Hialeah serving a diverse, underserved South Florida population, with continuity clinics including a dedicated Islamorada Medical Center site providing rural/underserved exposure. The curriculum spans broad inpatient and outpatient rotations (sports medicine, addiction medicine, hospice/palliative care, geriatrics, rural and underserved medicine) across multiple affiliated community sites rather than a single tertiary academic center, reflecting a generalist, primary-care training model. The institution maintains a structured Department of Research and Academic Affairs offering mentorship, IRB support, and scholarly output opportunities, but research functions as an available and encouraged supplement rather than a defining institutional identity. Graduate composition, drawn heavily from international and Caribbean medical schools, alongside explicit fellowship-preparation language, suggests the program values clinically adaptable residents oriented toward comprehensive outpatient/inpatient primary care with optional subspecialty fellowship pathways.