Natividad Medical Center is a teaching hospital. What does a teaching hospital do?
Natividad Medical Center is an affiliate with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Natividad is the only teaching hospital on the Central Coast. Recognized nationally and internationally as a model program, the Family Medicine Residency Training Program is a postgraduate training program for physicians specializing in the board-certified specialty of Family Medicine. About 1/3 of the graduates remain on the Central Coast to establish a practice.