What is it like to do a residency in Kaisers HMO setting?
The academically-oriented Kaiser Permanente OB/GYN Residency Program at San Francisco combines the best aspects of a traditional university residency program with the diverse case mix, hands-on experience, and positive learning environment of a community medical center. Residents benefit from working closely with the faculty in our large medical group practice who enjoy clinical teaching. Because Kaiser is a physician-driven HMO, all medical decisions are made by physicians and not by an insurance company. Since Kaiser is an integrated medical system, our residents work with a powerful electronic medical record and there are no barriers to obtaining appropriate consultations or clinical tests for their patients.
