What are the 3 most frequently asked questions by applicants for the Categorical Program?
i. My advisors at my medical school don’t know much about “community” training programs and they told me I should go to a university-based training program even though I like the sound and feel of CPMC and the house staff seem quite happy there. This is an excellent question. First of all, CPMC isn’t really a “community” training program. It boasts a large research institute with bench-top, clinical and outcomes projects. It is a major Northern California referral center for both renal and liver transplant and for challenging diagnostic or therapeutic cases. We are also affiliated with Dartmouth Medical School and UCSF which provides plenty of opportunity, if desired, to teach and to do rotations at a large University hospital. We interview many categorical applicants who are clearly an excellent “fit” at CPMC but are scared by venturing into what they or their advisors perceive as the “unknown”. CPMC has the warmth and camaraderie of a small program, yet has the prestige, quality and
