Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Join an Exciting and Innovative EM Program in California’s Northern Central Valley!

3-Year Program dedicated to teaching excellence in clinical care

• High acuity, high volume site preparing residents to work in any ED in the country
• As of August 2021, our residents have performed nearly 4000 adult and pediatric resuscitations, over 2000 intubations, 1,800 central lines, and over 4000 point of care ultrasounds since residency inception in July 2018.

World Class Education Resources

• 6 Ultrasound machines, including 4 dedicated to resident education
• New state of the art simulation and medical education lab opened June of 2019
• Diverse faculty with specialized training in Toxicology, EMS, Wilderness, Simulation, Ultrasound, Education, Community Outreach, Medico-Legal, and ED Operations

One of the Busiest ED in Northern California

• Nearly 100,000 visits per year (17% pediatrics)
• High Acuity with an over 18-19% overall admission rate with 20% of those admitted going to the ICU
• 16-18% pediatric visits per year
• Highest sepsis cases in the Common Spirit Health System
• Cared for more patients during COVID peaks than all other hospitals in the San Joaquin Valley

Commitment to Underserved Communities

• Not-for-profit tertiary care hospital system in the heart of Stockton, California
• The most racially diverse large city in America and one of the most progressive cities in America
• Parent organization dedicated to community outreach
• One of the CA BRIDGE program sites combating the opioid epidemic

Prime Northern California Location

• Historic gold rush port city on the banks of the mighty San Joaquin River
• 60 minute drive to the San Francisco Bay Area
• 90 minute drive to the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Residency Curriculum

We are a 3-year ACGME accredited Emergency Medicine Training Program. Each year consists of 13 four week blocks as follows:

PGY-1

• Orientation / Allied Health Rotation Program/ Emergency Department – St. Joseph’s Medical Center 
• Emergency Department – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland 
• Intensive Care Unit – St. Joseph’s Medical Center 
• Trauma Surgery – San Joaquin General Hospital 
• Anesthesia – St. Joseph’s Medical Center 
• Ultrasound / Emergency Department– St. Joseph’s Medical Center 
• Ortho/ENT/Optho – St. Joseph’s Medical Center

PGY-2

• Emergency Department – St. Joseph’s Medical Center 
• Trauma ICU – San Joaquin General Hospital
• Intensive Care Unit –  St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• OB/GYN – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland 
• Emergency Department / Medical Toxicology –  St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Elective
• EM Community Education Partnership Program (EM-CEP)

PGY-3

• Emergency Department – St. Joseph’s Medical Center 
• NICU –  St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Pediatric ICU - Kaiser Roseville
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland 
• EMS / Administrative
• Elective

Training Sites

Our main training site is St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, CA. St. Joseph’s Medical Center is the largest hospital in the Dignity Health network, with the busiest Emergency Department in San Joaquin County by volume.  The Emergency Department sees a diverse mix of patients, including a large pediatric volume. Acuity is very high, with an admission rate of over 17.7% including a 13% ICU admission rate. The ED is an active STEMI and Stroke receiving center. 

Residents will have a dedicated pediatric emergency medicine rotation at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland for one month in each of their 3 years of residency. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is one of only five American College of Surgeons Level I pediatric trauma centers in California, and is consistently ranked among the top pediatric hospitals in the nation. 

Residents will have one dedicated month of trauma during each of their first two years at San Joaquin General Hospital located nearby Stockton in French Camp, CA. San Joaquin General is the licensed adult trauma center for San Joaquin County and residents will have exposure to treating a large volume of patients with both penetrating and blunt traumatic injuries. San Joaquin General has approximated 1,200 trauma activations per year.  

In the PGY3 year our residents will rotate for 4 weeks at Kaiser Roseville Medical Center, in Roseville, California, in north-east Sacramento. On this rotation they will work with highly qualified, board -certified pediatric intensivists. This rotation offers an opportunity for unopposed learning and experience caring for pediatric critically ill patients. Residents still also have an opportunity for a NICU experience here at SJMC as an elective for additional pediatric critical care experience, in our 32 bed NICU, and under our 4 neonatologists.

Salary & Benefits

These policies are subject to change at the discretion of the St. Joseph’s Medical Center Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) and as needed based on ACGME requirements and guidelines updates.

Annual Salary: Annual salary is competitive within our region and is adjusted and approved annually by human resources and the graduate medical education committee

Salary: For 2024-2025, the minimum salary for incoming residents or clinical fellows, who are not members of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, by PGY level of training is as follows:

PGY Level Salary: Stipends will be reevaluated in the fall of each year. All Residents will be notified via annual Resident contracts.

Stipend (Range) Levels for the 2025-2026 Academic Year: