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.   

*Denotes supervisory role
**Residents can only take 4 weeks of research elective per year