Program Tracts

A. Categorical:

We offer three tracks to categorical medicine residents. This provides residents the opportunity to pursue their personal academic goals while satisfying the requirements of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

1. Sub-specialty Track
The subspecialty track allows participation in desired subspecialty inpatient, outpatient, and consultative experiences in the first two (2) years of residency to prepare for application to competitive fellowship programs such as cardiology, gastroenterology, nephrology, pulmonary/critical care, infectious diseases, hematology/oncology, rheumatology, endocrinology, and allergy-immunology. Residents will initiate and participate in subspecialty related scholastic and research activities as well as attend a specified group of elective rotations.

2. Hospitalist Track
The hospitalist track allows enhanced participation in inpatient care on general medicine. This is coupled with training in managed care administration, quality improvement, hospital epidemiology, drug utilization review, medical error prevention, and medical outcomes research.

3. General Medicine Track
The general medicine track prepares residents for a career as a general internist working primarily in an outpatient primary care or multi-specialty setting. Residents receive special training in practice organization, communication skills and small group leadership.

B. Preliminary Medicine Internship

This track is for medical graduates desiring strong internal medicine training prior to assuming a residency in specialties such as neurology, dermatology, radiology, emergency medicine, psychiatry, otolaryngology, and others. The one year internship is rich in inpatient general medicine, cardiology, nephrology, hematology/oncology and critical care, and establishes key competencies in care of very ill patients that will be of great value during a future career in a variety of specialties.