We seek residents interested in careers in primary care, subspecialty practice or academic medicine by emphasizing continuity of care that spans the ages. Through close mentoring, residents develop the knowledge and clinical skills to be eligible to take the certifying examinations for both medicine and pediatrics at the conclusion of the training program. Over the four year period, residents spend 24 months in each discipline and receive training in ambulatory, inpatient and intensive care settings. Residents alternate 3 and 6 month blocks in pediatrics and internal medicine to allow experience with seasonal illnesses that is critical in learning to care for children. During each block, residents participate in all aspects of the categorical curriculum of Medicine or Pediatrics, including patient care and educational conferences.
Ambulatory care is an important and emphasized part of the combined curriculum.
Residents attend a continuity clinic in internal medicine and pediatrics on alternate weeks throughout the four years. In this way, residents maintain continuity care for their panel of patients whether they are on a medicine or pediatric block. Since the Med-Peds residents attend clinic on one of two afternoons, they function in a group practice within the larger clinic setting. A second half day of clinic in a community Med-Peds practice during the third and fourth years compliments the inner city clinic experience. The Med-Peds Chief Resident coordinates educational and administrative issues.