An initiative of
Dr. Paul Boland
Program Director
Jill Colbourne
Academic Teaching
PGY 1 Bootcamp in early July – simulation and case-based teaching in preparation for transition to residency.
Dedicated PGY1 academic half day from July – December. Provides junior residents with opportunities to achieve EPAs, review care for urgent/emergent situations, transition to discipline.
PGY2/3 academic half day: formal curriculum meeting the objectives in training for Internal Medicine
Robust simulation curriculum (high and low fidelity workshops)
Resident research curriculum
Point of care ultrasound (PoCUS) curriculum
OSCEs x 1/year for PGY-1 & 2, x 2/yr for PGY-3
Morning report, ECG rounds, Endocrinology rounds, evidence based medicine rounds, quality improvement and safety rounds, noon rounds, weekly Medicine Grand Rounds.
Royal College Exam Preparation:
Our PGY3’s are provided with extra protected time for Royal College exam preparation January-June of their exam year.
There is a formal curriculum of OSCE practice, and opportunity to study with/receive coaching feedback from a faculty member from each sub specialty
Additional one hour sessions of senior resident teaching are provided before the start of the usual PGY2/3 half day.
Dedicated study week.
One of the primary strengths of our program are the opportunities for direct clinical exposure across a broad range of areas. We have few Fellows to compete with for clinical decision making and procedural opportunities with resultant regular direct contact with faculty. We have an excellent faculty to resident ratio and residents work very closely with their preceptors, getting to know them on a personal level. Even though we have few subspecialty programs (General Internal Medicine (GIM), Nephrology, Medical Oncology), residents have ample opportunity to gain experience in all the subspecialties through Selectives and Electives. Historically, our residents have consistently done well in the subspecialty match. We have an active and diverse research community, which includes clinical, epidemiological, biomedical, and medical educational research leaders. Residents will be paired with a faculty mentor as a PGY1 and are expected to develop a research project based on their area of interest. We have an annual Scholarship Day where residents present their research. Residents are expected to present a project/their research once during their three year of training.
