Natividad is a hospital and Level II Trauma Center providing compassionate, high-quality health care to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay or immigration status. Owned and operated by the County of Monterey, Natividad is Monterey County’s only teaching hospital. Natividad offers a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic and specialty medical care for adults and children.

Visiting Medical Student Rotations

Our visiting student rotations invite currently enrolled medical students to explore full spectrum family medicine in a public safety net hospital and prepare them for residency. Visiting students work in teams with our residents and faculty and attend morning report and didactics sessions, which allows them to get a good sense of the Natividad resident experience.

Spanish proficiency is preferred but not required.
Completing a rotation at Natividad is not required for applicants to the residency program.

Housing

We provide free housing within walking distance of the hospital in a shared furnished apartment for visiting students.

Rotation Activities

Rotations are designed in collaboration with our program manager based on student interests and available space on the following services:

• Family Medicine Inpatient Service

• • Hands on experience as an acting intern working with the FM resident team, supervised by core Family Medicine faculty

• Family Medicine OB Night Float

• • Hands on experience on our busy Labor and Delivery unit, working with Family medicine residents, attendings and fellows and OB/Gyn attendings
  • We suggest taking a week of night shifts to get the most opportunities for deliveries

• Family and Community Medicine

• • Health education and advocacy in community settings, Substance Use Disorder treatment, Street medicine
  • Family Medicine Clinic at our on site Federally Qualified Health Center

Rotation Scheduling

We offer two to three spots at a time to students who are dedicated to pursuing family medicine in underserved communities. There are no designated start or end dates for these clerkships, so that different university clerkship schedules can be accommodated.

For more information, call (831) 755-4383.