Customizing Residency Education
Authors: Holly J. Humphrey
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2004)

Editorials20 April 2004Customizing Residency EducationHolly J. Humphrey, MDHolly J. Humphrey, MDFrom The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-140-8-200404200-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail For more than 2 decades, leaders in internal medicine have called for residency education reform (1). Somewhat surprisingly, little has happened. The current state of the medical care environment inspired Larson and the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Task Force to propose a new paradigm for residency education, which is reported in this issue (2). Its basic premise is that residency programs should provide future internists with expertise that matches the requirements of their future practice site. Larson and the SGIM Task Force propose tailoring training to the setting in which the resident will ultimately practice—as a subspecialist or ...References1. Petersdorf RG, Goitein L. The future of internal medicine. Ann Intern Med. 1993;119:1130-7. [PMID: 8239233] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Larson EB. Health care system chaos should spur innovation: summary of a report of the Society of General Internal Medicine Task Force on the Domain of General Internal Medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:639-43. LinkGoogle Scholar3. Lenfant C. Shattuck lecture—clinical research to clinical practice—lost in translation? N Engl J Med. 2003;349:868-74. [PMID: 12944573] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Dorsey ER, Jarjoura D, Rutecki GW. Influence of controllable lifestyle on recent trends in specialty choice by US medical students. JAMA. 2003;290:1173-8. [PMID: 12952999] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.Disclosures: None disclosed.Corresponding Author: Holly J. Humphrey, MD, The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Office of Medical Education, 924 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoHealth Care System Chaos Should Spur Innovation: Summary of a Report of the Society of General Internal Medicine Task Force on the Domain of General Internal Medicine Eric B. Larson and Starting a Conversation about the Future of Internal MedicineGeneralism as Intention Richard J. Baron Working Together—That's Innovation! Howard K. Rabinowitz Making It Possible for General Internal Medicine To Survive Robert B. Copeland Reforming Payment for Primary Care: Making It Happen Gail R. Wilensky Metrics Cited ByChanges in Career Decisions of Internal Medicine Residents during TrainingColin P. West, MD, PhD, Carol Popkave, MA, Henry J. Schultz, MD, Steven E. Weinberger, MD, and Joseph C. Kolars, MDReforming internal medicine residency trainingWhat can we learn from undergraduate medical education? 20 April 2004Volume 140, Issue 8Page: 663-664KeywordsFellowshipsForecastingGraduate medical educationInpatientsMedical educationOutpatientsPatientsQuality improvementResidencySub-specialty care ePublished: 20 April 2004 Issue Published: 20 April 2004 CopyrightCopyright © 2004 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...