The curriculum of lectures and conferences covers care of episodic and chronic illnesses, preventive medicine, psychosocial issues related to primary care and medical interviewing, medical ethics, critical appraisal of the literature, health policy, and the evidence-based approach to clinical problems. Subspecialty rotations are available in dermatology, gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedics, and other specialties related to primary care. The Medical Continuity Care Clinic at Grady provides site for all residents to develop a continuity practice, while residents in the Primary Care track also may develop practices at The Emory Clinic and Crawford Long Hospital. Residents come to this clinic half a day per week for three years in the residency program. Medical residents at all levels of training work on these rotations.
Faculty provide numerous teaching conferences and rounds daily or twice daily.
A General Medicine Fellowship includes completion of a Master's of Public Health degree from the Rollins School of Public Health. The fellowship emphasizes the research skills and techniques necessary to pursue a career in academic general internal medicine. Research interests in the division include access to health care, health care economics, and clinical research in patient care.