There is no night call during Director's Month. A Cardiology Skills Month teaches ECG interpretation, stress testing, advanced cardiac physical examination and exposes residents to 2-D echocardiographpy. The program emphasizes the cognitive as well as the motor skills dimension of procedures in Internal Medicine. A scholarly approach to patient care is emphasized throughout the three years of residency. Residents are introduced to critical assessment of the medical literature during a monthly journal club, and computerized literature searches are available in the resident library.
Research design is introduced through a series of conferences and readings.
These projects are presented at the annual Department of Internal Medicine Research Day. Residents are encouraged to participate and present at the state and national meetings of the American College of Physicians, where ECU has led all other N.C. residents in the number of presentations. The Department of Internal Medicine supports active research programs in all subspecialty areas and general internal medicine. Each senior resident is expected to present a case for Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds.