Categorical Residency Program
The categorical internal medicine residency program provides three years of training for residents wishing to become board certified in internal medicine.
The program is structured to allow each resident to acquire the necessary knowledge and technical skills to become a competent and independent practitioner. The program provides increasing responsibility throughout each year of training and a vigorous internal medicine curriculum. Many of our residents continue their medical training in sub-specialty areas.
The program is administered by the Program Director and Chair, Dr. William C. Anthony and Associate Program Directors Dr. Balu Lakshmanan and Dr. Koren Jenkins.
Levels of Training
PGY 1
First year residents spend two months in intensive care unit rotations, five months in inpatient general medicine ward experiences, two and half months of elective experience, one month of emergency medicine and one month in ambulatory care block rotations. There is a half month of vacation.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Directing care for 8 to 10 patients on the general wards and 4 to 6 patients in the ICU, including all order writing, test ordering, relevant procedures and documentation
- Functioning as an integral team member
- Providing continuous primary care to a panel of between 50 to 70 outpatients through their continuity practices
- Attending a minimum of the required departmental conferences
- Evaluating their supervising faculty and residents at the conclusion of each rotation
PGY 2
The second year curriculum includes rotations in geriatrics, an elective and an ambulatory based firm rotation as well as further training in intensive care and inpatient general medicine. The second year curriculum also includes opportunities for electives.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Supervision of two interns including indirect care for 12 to 20 patients on the general wards and 8 to13 patients in the ICU
- Supervision of one to two medical students each month, including modeling and teaching oral presentation and documentation skills as well as history taking and physical exam skills
- Providing major objectives for the educational content of resident teaching and attending rounds, including the use of literature for the practice of evidence-based medicine and the preparation of short talks for interns and students apart from attending rounds
- Mastery of the organizational skills necessary to manage an inpatient team or a consult service
- Providing continuous primary care to a panel of between 70 to 90 outpatients through their continuity practices
- Ensuring that department work hour policies are met
- Functioning as an integral team member
- Attending a minimum of the required departmental conferences
- Evaluating their supervising faculty and the interns and students they supervised at the conclusion of each rotation
PGY 3
The third year curriculum includes additional weeks in the emergency room, as well as inpatient general medicine ward experiences, ICU, and electives.
Primary responsibilities in addition to those listed for the PGY 2 year include:
- Developing a comprehensive approach to learning based on your perceptions of gaps in fund of knowledge as well as the results of objective assessments, including the in-training exam and summative evaluations
- Enhancing feedback and evaluation skills
- Functioning as a role model and mentor for younger trainees
- Engaging in scholarly pursuit