These programs are designed to prepare physicians either for a career in primary care internal medicine or for further training in a subspecialty. The programs provide diverse, supervised inpatient experiences complemented by varied and extensive ambulatory care exposures. The resources of numerous community health providers, including general internists from the Fallon Clinic , the Primary Care Physicians Group, and from solo practice, are utilized to enrich the ambulatory-care training experiences.
Emphasis is placed on continuity of patient care and increasing degrees of resident responsibility.
Attending Rounds Conducted three times a week on the medical service with teaching attendings who emphasize pathophysiology, problem solving and clinical strategy. Noon Conferences Daily sessions designed to cover the core curriculum of internal medicine and its subspecialties. Each division conducts conferences over a two-year period, organized according to a planned syllabus. In addition, interdisciplinary subspecialty pathology and radiology conferences and Tumor Board are offered weekly. Board Review Daily afternoon sessions designed to prepare residents for the internal medicine board examination.