The Residency Council is a peer-selected group of residents representing all of the residency departments at PCMH including Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Pathology, Emergency Medicine, OB-GYN, Family Medicine, PM&R, Psychiatry, and Dermatology. The purpose of this body as follows:

1. To serve as a voice for residents – addressing, facilitating, and prioritizing concerns and desires of the residents.
2. To provide a forum for open communication between the administration and residents.
3. To ensure resident involvement in the continued strengthening and development of the residency programs at PCMH.
4. To ensure resident involvement in the continued strengthening of patient care and quality of medical practice at PCMH through Medical Staff Committee Representation.
5. To foster in all aspects, including empathy and knowledge, the growth and development of individual physicians in training at PCMH.
6. To cultivate an environment of public service that results in bettering the state of those in need.

Adopted: 8/30/06

Contact a Resident Council Representative with questions, suggestions, and concerns.  Residents are encouraged to run for election as a Resident Council Representative when new positions open annually.  

2011-2012 Co-Chairs

Daniel Becerra	Family Medicine
Christina Ruehl	Ob/Gyn