Summary The Yale University Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program trains physicians to provide comprehensive medical care in both inpatient and outpatient medicine. Sponsored by Yale University School of Medicine, the training program represents a collective effort of the Yale Department of Internal Medicine, and three teaching hospitals.
Ambulatory training occurs in a variety of sites.
The curriculum is designed to effectively utilize the unique clinical and educational strengths of each site. Helping the house officer to develop expertise in all of these settings is a goal of the Yale Primary Care Program. Experiences at the Waterbury and New Haven campuses compliment each other and provide a training environment that is ideal for today's internist. Graduates of the program are prepared for the challenges of both academic medicine and clinical practice. There are several unique strengths of the Yale Primary Care Residency.