Categorical Track
Our internal medicine categorical program is based on a 4+1 schedule. Every 4 weeks of inpatient medicine is followed by a “y” week consisting of outpatient clinic experience, team-based learning didactics, and an innovative ultrasound and simulation center curriculum.
Our inpatient experience includes the general medical floors where residents care for a diverse group of patients and pathologies alongside our enthusiastic academic faculty. Interns rotate through two step down units supervised by cardiologists and pulmonary and critical care physicians, respectively. Our second-year residents rotate through our intensive care units spending time honing their procedure skills and management of critically ill patients. By their third year, residents take on a supervisory role leading the inpatient teams and assuming an important role teaching interns as well as medical students from Case, NEOMED, and a variety of other schools. Our graduates become exceptional hospitalists, primary care physicians and match into competitive fellowships.
Our residents love our 4+1 system that ensures a full weekend off every fifth week. We also have a true night float system, and there is no night call on elective rotations. See a general overview of our schedule below.
Rotations (in weeks) |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
General Medical Floor |
8 - 12 |
1 - 2* |
4 - 6* |
Cardiac Telemetry |
6 - 8 |
1 - 2* |
3 - 4* |
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit |
7 - 10 |
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Medical Stepdown Unit |
4 - 6 |
1 - 2* |
2 - 4* |
Medical Intensive Care Unit |
2 |
7 - 9 |
2 - 3 |
Night Float |
4 - 6 |
4* |
2* |
Emergency Medicine |
2 |
2 |
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Hematology/Oncology |
2 |
2 |
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Medicine Consult Service |
5 - 6 |
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Outpatient |
10 - 11 |
10 - 11 |
10 - 11 |
Geriatrics |
2 |
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Elective |
8 -10 |
11 - 13 |
11 - 13 |
Vacation |
4 |
4 |
4 |