Collectively, the four hospitals house approximately 750 medicine service beds. University, Wishard and the VA Hospitals are located on the northwestern quadrant of the campus, within easy walking distance of each other. A tunnel system that connects most buildings on the Medical Center campus makes interhospital travel warm and dry during inclement weather. The three campus hospitals are functionally united within the Department of Medicine. A single full-time medicine department faculty serves all three hospitals.
Residents rotate through and gain experience in each of the hospitals.
Methodist is accessible by car or free shuttle service. The patient population of each hospital is unique, providing a broad educational experience. Indiana University Hospital Indiana University Hospital is a tertiary-care referral hospital with nationally and internationally recognized programs in specialized care. The average daily patient population of the hospital is about 250 of which about 90 are medicine service patients. Indiana University Hospital, a major referral center for adult patients from Indiana, the Midwest, and in specialized clinical areas, the U.S. and foreign countries.