Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency

Residency Faculty Retreat hike yesterday! The best of Sonoma county! Trees, adventures, and 69 degrees! Taylor Mountain Regional Park

We’re. So. Thankful.

One of the highlights of living in Sonoma county is its accessibility to Lake Tahoe! On weekends or vacation blocks our residents take advantage of the expansive trails, the water, winter sports, and many other adventures in nature that Tahoe has to offer. #thrive #wellness #thisisfammed #residencylife

We are so excited to review applications and learn all about you! Our mission is to educate outstanding family physicians who provide compassionate care across the lifecycle and improve the total health and health equity of individual patients, families, and the broader community. Let us know what questions you have about our program! ... #match2021 #fmrevolution #kpsantarosafmr #virtualinterview #residencymatch

Happy Fall! One of KP Santa Rosa’s PGY-3 chief residents Dr. Lauren Glaser, MD showing her fall colors and matching our very own, unique one of two, Moss walls! These little buddies have been quietly watching over our residents on the hospital rotations while keeping the air fresh when we needed most! Not to mention looking stinking cool at the same time. Thinking green has never looked so cool

Getting ready for Día de Los Muertos over here!

It’s not too late to register to vote! We multitasked in continuity clinic today putting together enough laminated @vot_er_org badges for all of our faculty and residents, so that we can support our community in exercising their civic right. We’re proud to work for an organization that supported National Voter Registration Day. #vote #healthisprimary From the website: Kaiser Permanente is partnering with National Voter Registration Day to promote voting and civic engageme...nt among our more than 12.4 million members and more than 217,000 employees and physicians. Elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. Encouraging every eligible American to register and vote is key to ensuring full representation of all communities, said Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO Greg A. Adams. Kaiser Permanente is committed to building vibrant, thriving, healthy communities and we know that health and representation are strongly linked. See more

Excellent problem based learning session delivered by R3 Julet on cancer screening #fmrevolution #primarycare #cancerawareness

Getting ready for Día de Los Muertos over here!

Curriculum highlightMaternity Care! - 1st year: two, 1 month blocks working with our amazing Certified Nurse Midwives -2nd year: two, 1 month blocks working with our very own FM docs -3rd year- option to do a Maternity Care tract... Photo of R1 Gustavo and R2 Jenna working together on L&D today #residentlife #familymedicineresidency #fmrevolution #kpsantarosafmr

You can’t go wrong if you’re applying in family med - there are so many awesome programs and the people are the best! But what makes KP Santa Rosa FMR unique and why might we be a good fit for you? Find out at our upcoming virtual Open Houses. We will send the login info to all registrants the day before each event. Link to register in bio. Looking forward to meeting you and answering your questions! #fmrevolution #familymedicine #familymedicineresidency #thisisfammed #residencyfamily #virtualmatch

It’s not too late to register to vote! We multitasked in continuity clinic today putting together enough laminated @vot_er_org badges for all of our faculty and residents, so that we can support our community in exercising their civic right. We’re proud to work for an organization that supported National Voter Registration Day. #vote #healthisprimary From the website: Kaiser Permanente is partnering with National Voter Registration Day to promote voting and civic engageme...nt among our more than 12.4 million members and more than 217,000 employees and physicians. Elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. Encouraging every eligible American to register and vote is key to ensuring full representation of all communities, said Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO Greg A. Adams. Kaiser Permanente is committed to building vibrant, thriving, healthy communities and we know that health and representation are strongly linked. See more

Excellent problem based learning session delivered by R3 Julet on cancer screening #fmrevolution #primarycare #cancerawareness

Med students: Reminder to register by TONIGHT for our upcoming Open House! Learn about all KP NorCal residencies (including 4 awesome family medicine programs!) and also attend special breakout sessions about residency research, integrative medicine, social justice/health equity, and more! Register at: https://residency-ncal.kaiserpermanente.org//virtual-open/ #KaiserPermanente #residency #familymedicine #northerncalifornia #fmrevolution #medstudents

If you live on the west coast, chances are the air quality in your area is currently very poor. This is a map of the current Air Quality Index of the western United States. Here are some friendly reminders to help keep you and your loved ones safe during this wildfire season. Wildfire smoke exposure can cause adverse respiratory and cardiovascular effects. Certain groups that are more sensitive to the effects of smoke include people with heart or lung disease (such as asthma... or COPD), those who are pregnant, as well the very young and elderly. More common symptoms of smoke exposure include a cough,scratchy throat, irritated sinuses, chest pain,headaches, itchy/stinging in eyes,and a runny nose. During wildfire season, pay attention to local air quality reports. (See photo 2, swipe ) Check your weather app, or visit sites such as AirNow.gov or Purpleair.com. Limit your time outdoors, even if you are healthy. Stay indoors, keep your windows closed and use an air conditioner in your home and car. Use A/C on recirculation mode when in your automobile. Adults may benefit from using an N95 mask or P-100 respirator if they have one and must be outdoors. Adequate respirator mask fit may not be possible for people with certain face shape and size or facial hair. Masks often do not come in sizes that fit young children. Cloth masks and other face coverings that help slow the spread of COVID-19 aren’t effective for smoke. Consider purchasing one or more room HEPA filter air purifiers. Keep them in the room(s) where you spend most of your time. MERV 5 to 8 filter ratings (or higher) in home HVAC systems can also significantly improve air quality in your home. Stay safe everyone! For more information visit: https://www.epa.gov/smoke-ready-toolbox-wildfires

Meet Dr. Robert Martinez, one of our star core faculty who works with residents on both inpatient and outpatient medicine as core faculty and curriculum director for Inpatient Medicine and Pediatrics. Another hat he wears is Director of our innovative simulation curriculum, which includes both high fidelity procedural sims and the largest standardized patient program in the region! Outside of work, Dr. Martinez is passionate about surfing at the coast and advocating for health and justice for our Latinx community. Pictured here is one of his regular appearances on a local Spanish-language radio station, talking about pediatric care. And also pictured is his hairless cat, Xochi.

Time to refresh the garden beds with some fall marigolds and kale! Go clean the smokey air, plants. Thank you!!

Hablamos español! Dr. Kate Feibusch, Director of our Global Health curriculum and Community Medicine Fellowship, teaches our residents medical Spanish. Our community is over 25% Latinx/Spanish-speaking, and resident and faculty who are fluent may have 40-60% of their patient panel comprised of Latinx/Spanish-speaking patients. Studies show that URM or non-English speaking patients cared for by race- and/or language-concordant physicians have improved trust, satisfaction, comprehension, chronic disease management, and follow up with their care. While it’s not necessary to know Spanish to practice good medicine in our community, it’s very helpful. It also helps that nearly all of our FMC medical assistants are bilingual/bicultural. #representationmatters #medicalspanish #lasaludpermanente #communityhealth #patientcenteredcare

Celebrate CA's workers! This Labor Day, we honor & recognize the contributions, achievements & progress made by the labor movement. We'll also continue the fight for safe working environments, fair pay & a healthy California because workers have ALWAYS been essential. #LaborDay