Preventive Medicine Residency Program (PMRP)

The Preventive Medicine Residency Program (PMRP) is a one or two-year program for physicians, in which they gain knowledge, skill and experience working with a practicing public health physician in local and/or the state health department in California.
  
PMRP was established in 1980 in response to the California Conference of Local Health Officers’ recognition of the need for physicians trained in public health practice.
 
PMRP is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to provide an Academic year that leads to a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree and a Practicum year to gain public health experience in a local and/or state health department.
 
The Academic year is spent at one of three affiliated California Schools of Public Health.  Placement of Practicum residents with experienced public health physician mentors provides the residents with practical public health experience.  Current mentors include the Medical Director of Public Health Clinics in Los Angeles County, the Chief of the Cancer Control Branch at the California Department of Public Health and the Health Officer of Sacramento County.
 
Upon completion of the training, physicians are eligible for board certified positions in the specialty of General Preventive Medicine/Public Health. Click for more details on Preventive Medicine Residency Program (Word, New Window).
 

This program and website are supported by the Preventive Health Service Block Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.