Our program boasts a faculty of 80 full and part-time physicians who possess outstanding academic qualifications. These dedicated preceptors actively participate in all components of the program's curriculum, and truly enhance the educational experience offered by the patient population. Each intern is supervised by his or her own resident during the first six months of the year, for an easy transition and the maximal learning experience. In order to optimize this training, each intern will care for no more than 10 to 12 patients on the general medical floors, and four to six patients in the intensive care units. This clinical load permits adequate time for reading and other learning activities.
Call is taken every fourth night.
A night-float system also offers interns and residents adequate time for patient care and rest. Multiple ancillary services are provided by the hospitals, including performing phlebotomies, starting IV lines, obtaining EKGs, etc. Emergency Medicine With hospitals in both urban and suburban settings, the clinical rotation in Emergency Medicine provides interns and residents with a broad array of clinical scenarios emanating from our Emergency Departments. Under the supervision of board-certified attending physicians, interns and residents effectively operate as the primary physician for each patient. In addition to providing trauma, acute, and subactue care, the Emergency Department provides excellent support and education in toxicology, as Dr. James R. Roberts, department chief, and others possess extensive backgrounds in this area.