Murrieta Family Medicine Residency

Murrieta Family Medicine Residency

Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta Family Medicine Residency aims to train and develop well-rounded, compassionate, and competent family physicians who are committed to providing exceptional, patient-centered care. This is in keeping with our organizational mission to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ.

Our program fosters a growth mindset through scholarly activity, dynamic didactics, quality improvement, and the application of evidence-based advancements in patient care.

As Riverside County and the Inland Empire continues to grow and evolve, our program embraces cultural humility and strives to provide holistic care at the Federally Qualified Health Center and private practice community offices.

Why Choose us for Family Medicine Residency

• We provide a high quality family medicine education that prepares you for independent practice in the community. 
• Over the course of three years, you’ll receive ample, evidence-based clinical experience. 
• We serve a diverse patient population and are committed to caring for the underserved.
• You will benefit from working with dedicated, enthusiastic faculty and nursing staff. 
• Diverse opportunities are available within the program, locally with community physicians, and even internationally. 

WHAT OUR LEADERSHIP IS SAYING

Welcome to our program! Here, we hope to grow competent and compassionate physicians by providing residents with countless opportunities to tailor their training. We hope that this will grow our physicians as future community leaders that will make a lasting and meaningful impact on the communities they will serve.

Van Nguyen, DO, FAAFP
Family Medicine Residency Program Director

Program Highlights

• This three-year program offers a community hospital experience with university resources available 24/7. 
• Exposure to different clinical practices and payer mixes.
• Dynamic and growing residency program with excellent graduate medical education support.
• We provide valuable patient exposure in successful stroke and cardiovascular centers.
• We’re a short drive from Southern California beaches, mountains and desert recreation.

Program Components 

Curriculum 

To address a deep need in the region, our core focus is to graduate evidence-based family physicians with a focus on cultural humility. The curriculum provides an ideal balance between didactics and hands-on experience. Family medicine residents will be the sole learner, working directly with the supervising attending physician, on over 80% of rotations.

Our curriculum is designed to provide comprehensive teaching and learning opportunities through clinical and didactic experiences. Residents will learn through hands-on experiences, technology based tools, and interactive learning sessions with qualified faculty.

Curriculum Highlights

• Small faculty to resident ratios on majority of rotations – unopposed resident physician education
• Dedicated family medicine resident physician team on adult inpatient medicine rotations
• 1:1 interaction with specialists
• University-based resources through Loma Linda University Medical Center
• Extensive opportunities in commonly performed ambulatory procedures
• Protected time for weekly didactics and educational activities

PGY-1

The PGY-1 year provides a comprehensive foundation of medicine exposing the resident to full spectrum family medicine. Residents complete core rotations in adult medicine, pediatrics (including newborn nursery), general surgery, obstetrics, orthopedics, and emergency medicine.

PGY-2

The PGY-2 resident will continue to develop their impatient medicine skills and broaden their clinical competence. Residence will have ambulatory experiences in musculoskeletal and sports medicine, ENT, GI, Wound Care (including nursing home rounds), and ambulatory pediatrics. PGY-2 residents also have the opportunity to begin exploring interest in two months of electives.

PGY-3

The PGY-3 resident will be given time to master the academic and clinical skills needed to become a board-certified family medicine physician. This includes ambulatory rotations in subspecialties such as cardiology, pulmonology. The PGY-3 has four months of electives so that residents can tailor their training to their own interests and type of practice that they are interested in.

Facilities 

Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta is a 111-bed hospital. We provide medical services to Riverside County, a part of the Inland Empire. It serves the communities of Murrieta, Menifee, Temecula, Lake Elsinore, Hemet, and San Jacinto. 

SAC Health Murrieta aims to empower patients and their families to have vibrant and healthy lives through culturally responsive, exceptional care. It provides comprehensive, quality care to help its community thrive, offering medical, surgical, and behavioral health services to its patients.

Research 

We believe research is the basis to providing quality care driven by evidence and patient outcomes. Our program has a team-based approach to research activities and quality improvement projects. Our resident physicians will also have the opportunity to participate in the didactic curriculum.

Annual Salary

Effective 9/5/2025