Educational Goals & Overview

Urgent Care Medicine is the provision of immediate medical service offering outpatient care for the treatment of acute and exacerbation of chronic illness and injury. The Olive View-UCLA Urgent Care provides services to adult patients with a wide range of acute and chronic medical conditions. A comprehensive fund of knowledge and skills are required to provide such care. Urgent Care providers are often the first to diagnose acute and chronic medical conditions. In addition, Urgent care providers begin management, obtain appropriate consults and make necessary referrals for effective patient care.

Urgent Care Clinic

Previously known as the Medical Walk-in clinic, the Urgent Care Clinic serves patients with acute, non-life threatening complaints without appointments. Housestaff have a 2-4 weeks yearly in Urgent Care. There are three shifts, and housestaff will rotate during the morning and afternoon:

Morning: 8am – 12pm
Afternoon: 1pm – 4:30pm
Evening: 4:30pm – 8:00pm

Housestaff expectations per shift are the following (depending on level of acuity):

R1: 4 patients
R2: 6 patients
R3: 7 patients

Attending physicians supervise the housestaff.

Goals & Objectives

Urgent Care Curriculum

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Orientation

Urgent Care Orientation

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Before You Start

Review the Urgent Care Orientation Packet.
Complete training in ORCHID FirstNet if this is your first time in the Urgent Care Clinic or Emergency Department.

When You Start

Show up on time to your shift in the Physician Workroom in the Urgent Care.
If this is your first Urgent Care rotation, notify the Attending to get oriented and focused tips & tricks for FirstNet

Last updated June 3, 2021 by Olive View Internal Medicine Residency

Bridge Clinic

Bridge Clinic is designed for patients with opioid use disorder, offering them a chance to follow-up with a provider to prescribe medication-assisted therapy in order to manage opioid dependence.

Residents will be assigned to Bridge Clinic during the Urgent Care rotation. The clinic is currently located in the Urgent Care Clinic and held on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Residents are supervised by faculty trained in opioid use disorder and licensed with the X-waiver for prescriptions (e.g. of buprenorphine).

Last updated January 28, 2020 by Olive View Internal Medicine Residency

Urgent Care