Residents at UCR train across county, state, federal, private, and academic health systems, gaining experience with diverse patient populations throughout the Inland Empire and Long Beach. This breadth of training prepares residents to provide compassionate, high-quality care across a wide range of clinical settings.

UCR Health at Citrus Tower

UCR Health Psychiatry Suite at Citrus Tower is located in downtown Riverside and serves as a central hub for both psychiatric and multispecialty care. In addition to the psychiatry suite, the facility includes a second UCR Health suite offering services in neurology, primary care, and other subspecialties. Collectively, the clinics anticipate serving approximately 33,000 patient visits annually, providing residents with broad exposure to outpatient care in a busy academic medical setting.

Resident rotations:

• PGY 1 residents interested in child and adolescent psychiatry may opt to rotate in outpatient pediatrics at this site, broadening their exposure to developmental and family-centered care.
• PGY 3–PGY 4: Residents train at Citrus Tower through their longitudinal outpatient psychiatry clinic, where they manage continuity patient care. 

Loma Linda VA Health Care

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System is a major training site that provides residents with broad exposure to both inpatient and outpatient psychiatry. Its mission is to deliver high-quality, veteran-centered care that promotes recovery and resilience, while training the next generation of mental health professionals through collaborative, interprofessional education.

Resident rotations:

• PGY 1: At the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, first-year residents rotate in the Access Clinic (urgent care psychiatry), emergency psychiatry, the psychiatric inpatient unit, and inpatient neurology, gaining early exposure to acute and integrated care settings.
• PGY 2: Residents return to Loma Linda VA for their addiction psychiatry rotation, developing skills in evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders in veteran populations.
• PGY 3: Third-year residents may complete longitudinal outpatient training at the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) or the Rancho Cucamonga Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), while also rotating in specialty clinics such as geriatric psychiatry. A select number of residents participate in holistic mental health, an interprofessional rotation emphasizing psychodynamic psychotherapy within a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model, collaborating with chaplain interns, psychology residents, social work interns, and advanced psychiatry trainees.
• PGY 4: Senior residents may choose from a wide range of electives, which include returning to prior rotations or expanding their training while serving in a junior attending role, further developing clinical independence and leadership.

Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health

Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health (RUHS-BH) is the only county-owned and operated behavioral health service provider in Riverside County. Its mission is to empower individuals and families to achieve whole-health wellness and recovery by delivering compassionate, culturally sensitive, evidence-based services, guided by a person-first approach that values diversity and fosters community partnerships.

Resident rotations:

• PGY 1 and PGY 2: Residents rotate through key services, including emergency psychiatry at the Emergency Treatment Services (ETS) and inpatient psychiatry at the Inpatient Treatment Facility (ITF). PGY1 and PGY2 residents also take after-hours call on the ETS and ITF services, respectively, gaining essential on call experience in emergency and acute inpatient psychiatry.
• PGY 1: Residents also rotate at the Corona Community Health Center for their family medicine rotation. 
• PGY 2: In addition, second-year residents rotate on the child and adolescent inpatient unit and the outpatient child and adolescent clinic in Perris.
• PGY 3 and PGY 4: Upper-level residents may continue training at RUHS outpatient longitudinal psychiatric clinics, with a focus on medication management and continuity of care.
   

Department of State Hospitals - Patton

Department of State Hospitals – Patton (DSH-Patton) is a secure forensic psychiatric hospital located in Patton, California. It provides treatment for both forensically and civilly committed patients with severe mental illness, offering residents unique exposure to the intersection of psychiatry, law, and complex medical and psychiatric comorbidities.

Resident rotations:

• PGY 1: Residents rotate in neurology and neuropsychology, with the option of internal medicine, all within the context of caring for a forensic population with severe psychiatric illness and significant medical needs.
• PGY 2: Residents complete a rotation on the psychiatric inpatient unit, gaining direct experience in the care and management of forensically committed patients.
• PGY 4: Senior residents may choose from a variety of electives, including participation in dialectical behavior therapy and cognitive rehabilitation groups, advanced training in forensic psychiatry, and involvement in the hospital’s emerging electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) service.

St. Bernardine Medical Center

St. Bernardine Medical Center is part of CommonSpirit Health and is dedicated to improving the health of Inland Empire communities through high-quality, accessible, and patient-centered care. The hospital serves a diverse population and emphasizes inclusion, excellence, and collaboration across disciplines.

As part of their foundational training, all PGY 1 psychiatry residents complete an internal medicine inpatient rotation at St. Bernardine, where they gain experience managing acute medical conditions while working alongside UCR internal medicine residents in a collaborative team-based environment.

Long Beach VA Health Care

VA Long Beach Healthcare System is a major training site that offers residents comprehensive exposure to diverse veteran patient populations and a broad spectrum of psychiatric services. Its mission is to deliver exceptional, veteran-centered care that fosters recovery, resilience, and reintegration, while advancing education and research to support the mental health needs of those who have served.

Resident rotations:

• PGY 2: At the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, residents rotate on the psychiatric inpatient unit (L1), in geriatric psychiatry (M1), and on the psychiatry consultation-liaison service, gaining experience with acute, medically complex veteran populations.
• PGY 3: Third-year residents complete the majority of their outpatient training at VA Long Beach, rotating through specialty clinics dedicated to mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety, PTSD, and general psychiatry, including at multiple community-based outpatient clinics in Santa Ana and Placentia. Residents also receive intensive psychotherapy training, with an emphasis on psychodynamic psychotherapy, relational approaches, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
• PGY 4: Senior residents may select from a wide range of electives, such as interventional psychiatry and women’s mental health, or continue in their PGY3 clinics. Many serve in a junior attending role, further developing clinical autonomy, supervisory skills, and leadership experience.

Pacific Grove Hospital

Pacific Grove Hospital, located in the heart of Riverside, is a private, 68-bed acute psychiatric and chemical dependency hospital within a broader private healthcare system. The hospital provides a continuum of services designed to stabilize patients in crisis and support recovery through evidence-based, patient-centered care.

Resident rotations:

• PGY 2: Residents rotate on the psychiatric inpatient service, gaining experience in the management of acute psychiatric conditions in a private hospital setting.
• PGY 4: Senior residents may select an elective in the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), a step-down program that offers patients structured treatment six hours per day, along with opportunities to participate in acute intensive outpatient programs (IOP). These rotations allow residents to deepen their skills in continuity of care, transition planning, and group-based therapeutic interventions, while gaining insight into how private healthcare systems manage levels of psychiatric care.

Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center

Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center is part of one of the nation’s largest integrated private healthcare systems, serving a diverse patient population across the Inland Empire. The medical center is recognized for its emphasis on population health, preventive care, and innovative models of integrated behavioral health, ensuring that psychiatric care is fully woven into the larger fabric of medical treatment. Its team-based approach emphasizes collaboration across specialties to improve patient outcomes and advance health equity.

Resident rotations:

• PGY 2: Select second-year residents rotate on the psychiatry consultation-liaison service at Kaiser Riverside, gaining experience in the evaluation and management of psychiatric conditions in medically complex patients.

Nebula Health

Nebula is a private health clinic that provides outpatient psychiatric services in a community-based setting, emphasizing accessible, patient-centered care within a private healthcare model.

• PGY 3 residents may elect to complete their longitudinal outpatient psychiatry clinic at Nebula, where they manage continuity patients over time while gaining valuable experience in the operations and clinical workflows of a private practice environment.