Hospital Medicine - Watsonville

Rotation Guide & Goals

Watsonville Community Hospital is located approximately 1.25 hrs south of Stanford, and provides care to children from the surrounding counties of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties. Pediatric hospitalists provide care to well newborns, infants in the Level 2 NICU, and hospitalized children, as well as co-manage pediatric patients in the Emergency Department. **Pediatric admissions currently limited due to staffing, but planned to be fully resumed by start of 2025 academic year**.This rotation is designed as a co-attending month. Residents are granted significant autonomy in managing the service under the supervision of community hospitalists. Also provides opportunity for supervising 1st/2nd year family medicine residents. Overnight call is optional – notify director if interested; there is no weekend duty. 

Housing stipend available for up to 10 blocks of 2-week rotations (can do back to back for 4 weeks or split).

All residents planning to rotate at Watsonville should review the Resident Guide under Educational Tools.

Orientation to Salud Para La Gente

EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

(SUnet Authorization Required)


Contacts

Rotation Director
Andrew Harkins, MD
Email Andrew