To meet these goals, residents gain clinical experience at three teaching hospitals and numerous ambulatory sites . The rotation schedule is carefully arranged so that each resident has exposure to general medicine, all the subspecialties, clinical floors and intensive care units, while not allowing any one area to dominate. A summary of the clinical rotations by year of training can be found in Curriculum in Internal Medicine . Residents adjust their curricula based on their career goals. For those planning to enter primary care, residents are encouraged to take rotations in geriatrics, women's health, sports medicine, neurology, endocrinology or rheumatology.
Residents add a second weekly continuity clinic at another site in the second and third years.
They are also encouraged to spend a month at one of our AHECs where they learn the unique practice of rural medicine. Residents planning a subspecialty career are encouraged to explore their area of interest or engage in research activities. The clinical and basic science interests of the faculty are diverse and provide abundant opportunities for residents to do investigative work. The Department supports residents whose research is accepted for presentation at regional or national meetings. The spring meeting of the Maryland chapter of the American College of Physicians is an annual showcase of the residents' research and clinical case reports.