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Medical Education—
Program in Internal Medicine
Message from the internal medicine program director
Welcome to the internal medicine information page at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. The program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The objective of the internal medicine training program is to provide educational experiences in the discipline of internal medicine encompassing the study and practice of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, and care and treatment of men and women from adolescence to old age, during health and all stages of illness.Key to the study of medicine are the understanding of scientific knowledge, the scientific method of problem solving, evidence-based decision making, a commitment to lifelong learning, and an attitude of caring that is derived from humanistic and professional values.
Program structure
The program follows all rules and requirements of
the ACGME and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). All work-hour
rules and admission limitations are followed. Below is a sample curriculum
of the 36-month supervised graduate medical educational experience.
Sample rotation schedule
| PGY 1 | PGY 2 | PGY 3 | Conference Schedule |
| Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | |
| Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | Daily Morning Reports |
| Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | Faculty Service rotation | Faculty Service rotation | Daily Noon conferences |
| Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | CCU Rotation | CCU Rotation | Grand Rounds |
| Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | ICU Rotation | ICU Rotation | Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) |
| Internal Medicine floor/ward rotation | Emergency Medicine |
Geriatrics—8 | Journal Club |
| Night Float Rotation | Night Float | Night Float | Clinical Pathologic Conference |
| Unit rotation | Neurology— Elective 4 |
Ambulatory Medicine— Elective 9 |
Senior Conferences |
| Elective 1— Pulmonary |
Elective 5— Heme-Onc |
Elective 10— Endo or Rheum |
Guest lectures |
| Elective 2— Cardiology |
Elective 6— GI |
Elective 11— Choice approval |
Faculty Teaching Rounds |
| Elective 3— Nephrology |
Elective 7— ID |
Elective 12— Choice approval |
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| Vacation | Vacation/ Conference |
Vacation/ Conference |
All residents are evaluated in the six general competencies: patient care, medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, systems based practice and practice-based learning.
Academic conferences
The SJMO internal medicine residency program excludes
a well defined curriculum, with time set aside for formal didactic.
There is a minimum of 150 hours of conference time per year. More specifically,
the conference topics are:
- Core conferences—Six per month or 72 per year:
- Cardiology.
- Infectious disease.
- Pulmonary and critical care.
- Endocrinology.
- Gastroenterology.
- Nephrology.
- Hematology-oncology.
- Neurology.
- Interdisciplinary topics—Four per month or 48 per year:
- Adolescent medicine.
- Ethics.
- Genetics.
- Clinical quality improvement.
- Risk management.
- Preventive medicine.
- Medical informatics and decision making.
- Law and public policy.
- Pain management.
- End-of-life care.
- Domestic violence.
- Physician impairment.
- Substance use disorders.
- Allergy and immunology.
- Dermatology.
- Geriatrics.
- Women’s health.
- Sports medicine.
- Orthopedics.
- Psychiatry.
- Obstetrics/Gynecology.
- Ophthalmology.
- ENT.
- Epidemiology.
- Nutrition.
- Occupational medicine.
- Emergency medicine.
- Daily morning report—200 per year.
- Journal club.
- CPC clinical pathology conference or M & M—clinical quality improvement.
- Grand rounds.
- Senior conference.
- Tumor board.
- MKSAP board reviews—weekly.
- Clinical quality improvement—monthly.
- Skills workshop—monthly.
- Hopkins Ambulatory Web Study—monthly.
Work hours and time off
The Internal Medicine Residency Program follows
all ACGME rules and regulations for work hours and time off.
Application requirements
- Applicants must pass USMLE Step 1 & 2 on first attempt must score 80 or above
- Graduation from medical school within 5 years
- Accept Citizenship, Green Card, Permanent Resident, EAD, J1's only
- Applications through ERAS only
- No U.S. experience required
- ECFMG certificate if applicable
The administration, department of medicine and medical education are committed to a training program of excellence. For further information, please call the Internal Medicine Residency program at 248-858-3233.
Please note: Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents of the U.S., or have a work authorization card or a J1 visa.
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