In addition, the resident also attends the appropriate subspecialty clinic when on a consultative service. There is also an opportunity to partake in our successful outcome clinics, e.g., chronic heart failure, asthma, AIDS and diabetes. Approximately 40 percent of the trainees enter fellowships. Every graduate who has applied for a fellowship has been accepted into a solid program. Graduates of the Internal Medicine Residency Program are not only attractive candidates for subspecialty training, but also become highly regarded physicians in their fellowships.
Teaching is a strong component of the program.
The majority of the full-time staff has private practice experience, which enhances the practical application of scientific principles and allows for the information passed on to the housestaff to be both knowledgeable and practical. Didactic sessions are scheduled daily. In addition, grand rounds are held each Tuesday. During PGY-1, there is an electrocardiography lecture series. 100 percent in the last three years.