Program Curriculum
The curriculum is based on the six core competencies of ACGME (patient care, medical knowledge, professionalism, systems-based practice, interpersonal and communication skills and practice-based learning and improvement).
A specific curriculum has been developed for each of the following rotations:
- Wards – general internal medicine
- Continuity clinic
- Critical care
- Cardiology
- Gastroenterology
- Neurology
- Geriatrics
- Pulmonary disease
- Night float service
- Rheumatology
- Hematology/oncology
- Infectious disease
- Emergency medicine
- Nephrology
- Endocrinology
- Addiction and pain medicine
In addition to the above-required rotations, the following are the available elective rotations:
- ENT
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Dermatology
- Orthopedics
- Allergy and
- Immunology
- Ophthalmology
- Palliative care
- Sleep medicine
Example 3+1 Block Schedule
| 7/1 | 7/8 | 7/15 | 7/22 | 7/29 | 8/5 | 8/12 | 8/19 | 8/26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resident 1 | Team 3 | Team 3 | Team 3 | Clinic | Nights | Nights | Nights | Clinic | ID |
| Resident 2 | Team 3 | Team 3 | Team 3 | Clinic | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 1 | VACA | CARDS |
| Resident 3 | ICU | ICU | ICU | Clinic | ICU Nights | ICU Nights | ICU Nights | Clinic | Team 2 |
| Resident 4 | Nights | Nights | Nights | Clinic | ID | ID | ID | Clinic | Team 2 |
| Resident 5 | ICU | ICU | ICU | Clinic | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 1 | Clinic | Nights |
| Resident 6 | Clinic | Nights | Nights | Nights | Clinic | CARDS | CARDS | CARDS | Clinic |
| Resident 7 | Clinic | Sleep | Sleep | Sleep | Clinic | Team 2 | Team 2 | Team 2 | Clinic |
| Resident 8 | Clinic | ID | ID | ID | Clinic | Team 2 | Team 2 | Team 2 | Clinic |
| Resident 9 | Clinic | ICU Nights | ICU Nights | ICU Nights | Clinic | ID | ID | ID | VACA |
| Resident 10 | Clinic | GI | GI | GI | Clinic | Nights | Nights | Nights | Clinic |
| Resident 11 | Team 3 | Clinic | ID | ID | ID | Clinic | Team 3 | Team 3 | Team 3 |
| Resident 12 | Team 2 | Clinic | Team 2 | Team 2 | Team 2 | Clinic | Team 3 | Team 3 | Team 3 |
| Resident 13 | Team 1 | Clinic | CARDS | CARDS | CARDS | Clinic | ICU | ICU | ICU |
| Resident 14 | Team 5 | Clinic | Team 2 | Team 2 | Team 2 | Clinic | ICU | ICU | ICU |
| Resident 15 | Team 4 | Clinic | Nights | Nights | Nights | Clinic | GI | GI | GI |
| Resident 16 | ICU Nights | ICU Nights | Clinic | GI | GI | GI | Clinic | Team 1 | Team 1 |
| Resident 17 | Team 2 | Team 2 | Clinic | Team 3 | Team 3 | Team 3 | Clinic | ICU Nights | ICU Nights |
| Resident 18 | Nights | Nights | Clinic | ICU | ICU | ICU | Clinic | GI | GI |
| Resident 19 | Team 2 | Team 2 | Clinic | ICU | ICU | ICU | Clinic | Team 1 | Team 1 |
| Resident 20 | Nights | Nights | Clinic | Team 3 | Team 3 | Team 3 | Clinic | Nights | Nights |