Grand Junction Region
Community Hospital
Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, is a full-service, acute care hospital licensed for 60 beds. As part of the Colorado West Healthcare System, we are a Level III Trauma Center that offers full outpatient diagnostic services and inpatient care for the Western Slope region of Colorado and eastern Utah. Community Hospital brings together expert staff and world-class technology in a healing, family-centered environment.
We provide a full range of medical services, including inpatient and outpatient surgery, and emergency care. We have comprehensive diagnostic capabilities: state-of-the-art ultrasound, CT (Philips Ingenuity 128 MDCT), digital mammography and cardiac testing. Community Hospital proudly partners with University of Utah Heath Care and Huntsman Cancer Institute to provide world-class medical and radiation oncology treatment right here at home.
Community Hospital is Joint Commission accredited. Our laboratory is College of American Pathologists-accredited. For those lab tests that we don’t conduct on site, the Mayo Clinic is our exclusive partner for reference laboratory services.
We pride ourselves on delivering personalized care to our patients, and in working closely with our medical care providers in treating the whole person. This approach has resonated with our patients and we are growing to meet our community’s demand.
On October 15th, 2014, Community Hospital broke ground on a new four-story, 140,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility. Our NEW hospital opened Thursday, March 17th, 2016!
Community Hospital
School Affiliations
- KCU College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hospital Statistics
- Total Beds - 60
- Admissions - 8,280
- ER Visits - 15,443
- Births - 164
- Outpatient Visits: 471,291
- Inpatient Surgeries - 1,078
- Outpatient Surgeries - Not reported
- Trauma Center - Level III
- DOs on Staff - 58
- MDs on Staff - 291
Third-Year Clerkships
- Family Medicine (4 weeks) - Inpatient/Outpatient
- Internal Medicine (8 weeks) - Inpatient/Outpatient
- Ob/Gyn (4 weeks) - Inpatient/Outpatient
- Pediatrics (4 weeks) - Inpatient/Outpatient
- Psychiatry (4 weeks) - Inpatient/Outpatient
- Surgery (8 weeks) - Inpatient/Outpatient
This site schedules clinical experiences in four-week increments.
Third-Year Selectives
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology/ENT
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Radiology
Residency Information
Resources & Benefits
- Facility Resources: Students have access to computers, internet and medical records while on duty at the hospital
- Meal Benefits: Daily meal stipend provided
- Visiting Student Housing: Housing is unavailable at this time
Duties & Opportunities
- Student Duties: Students are required to participate in weekly rounds, night call and weekend rounds as assigned
- Didactics: Students are required to participate in lectures, rounds and reading as assigned
- OMT/OPP Opportunities: Students are required to participate in didactics and skill development in OMT/OPP as provided
Unique Site Characteristics
- Background check and drug screen is required annually
- Global Track Students must communicate third-year clerkship obligations to site as soon as the Clerkship Match Process is finalized
- Military Track Students must communicate third-year clerkship obligations to site as soon as the Clerkship Match Process is finalized
- Orientation is provided on the first day of clerkship
- TB screening required annually (only two-step skin test or blood test accepted)
- Travel may be required for third-year Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA)
Additions or changes to this site's information may occur at any time - information last updated 11.17.21
Contact Information
- KCU Clinical Clerkship Coordinator: Noelle Herman
- Core Site Contact: Sherry Meeder
- Director of Medical Education: Mark Twardowski, DO