May 2, 2022 CalMedForce application cycle opens August 2 CalMedForce supports and expands California’s graduate medical education (GME) residency training programs, especially in our most vulnerable communities. The next CalMedForce application cycle will open August 2, 2022. read more
November 29, 2021 State Tobacco Tax-Funded Program Awards $39 Million to Expand California’s Health Care Workforce Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) today announced more than $39 million in CalMedForce awards across the state to support medical training and residency programs and help grow the physician workforce. View the full list of awardees here. read more
August 10, 2021 CalMedForce GME application now open Approximately $39 million will be available to support and expand primary care (family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and pediatrics) and emergency medicine GME programs in California that prioritize serving underserved areas and communities read more
December 17, 2020 CalMedForce: Building California's Physician Pipeline In 2020, California continued to export hundreds of graduating medical students unable to secure a residency position in California. read more
November 19, 2020 State Tobacco Tax-Funded Program Awards $38.14 Million to Expand California’s Health Care Workforce Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) announced more than $38 million in CalMedForce awards across the state to support medical training and residency programs and help grow the physician workforce. read more
September 21, 2020 PHC Proud Sponsor of AMA GME Innovations Summit PHC is a proud sponsor of the American Medical Association's (AMA) GME Innovations Summit held virtually on October 5-7, 2020. read more
September 15, 2020 Seeking Nominations for Workforce Advisory Council The California Medical Association (CMA) is seeking physicians to volunteer their time and expertise towards creating new competency standards, supporting educational loan repayment and expanding graduate medical education (GME). Each effort supports California’s physician workforce while further improving patient care. read more
August 7, 2020 CalMedForce Now Accepting Cycle 3 Applications Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) is now accepting applications for the third cycle of the graduate medical education (GME) grant program, CalMedForce. read more
May 14, 2020 PHC Provides State Budget Update on CalHealthCares and CalMedForce The May Revise proposed approximately $269 million in cuts to CalHealthCares, which administers loan repayments on educational debt for California physicians and dentists who serve Medi-Cal patients. Medi-Cal serves over one-third of Californians and half of the state’s children, and the state is estimating a two million caseload increase in 2020 due to COVID-19. read more
April 30, 2020 PHC Releases 2019 Annual Report 2019 brought tremendous growth to our organization, allowing us to expand graduate medical education throughout the state and repay educational loans to physicians and dentists to increase access to care in underserved communities. read more