Program Curriculum

The program consists of 36 months of training in internal medicine leading to ABIM board eligibility. The program is an integrated program with rotations at Sanford Health and Avera, as well as a variety of private practices. Ambulatory care accounts for approximately 33 percent of the overall training. Rotations are scheduled in a 4+2 model, in which residents alternate between four-week inpatient blocks and two-week ambulatory blocks. The four-week inpatient blocks include:

• 4-5 Months

  Inpatient General Internal Medicine

• 1 Month

  Critical Care

• 1 Month

  Neurology (PY1 or PY2)

• 1 Month

  Electives

• 1 Week

  Palliative Care (PY1 or PY2)

• 1 Week

  Addiction Medicine (PY1 or PY2)

• And

  8-9 Ambulatory Blocks

• 4-5 Months

  Inpatient General Internal Medicine

• 1 Month

  Cardiology

• 1 Month

  Critical Care

• 1 Month

  Neurology (PY1 or PY2)

• 1 Month

  Electives

• 1 Week

  Palliative Care (PY1 or PY2)

• 1 week

  Addiction Medicine (PY1 or PY2)

• And

  8-9 Ambulatory Blocks

• 3-4 Months

  Inpatient General Internal Medicine

• 1 Month

  Emergency Medicine

• 1 Month

  Critical Care

• 2-3 Months

  Electives

• And

  8-9 Ambulatory Blocks

Required

·         Inpatient general internal medicine (average of four blocks per year)

·         Cardiology (four week block, PY2 requirement)

·         Critical Care (four week block, required once per year)

·         Neurology (four week block, PY1 or PY2 requirement)

·         Emergency Medicine (four week block, PY3 requirement)

·         Palliative Care (one week, PY1 or PY2 requirement)

·         Addiction Medicine (one week, PY1 or PY2 requirement)

·         Geriatrics (longitudinal subspecialty clinic, PY2 requirement)

Electives (two-four week blocks)

·         Cardiology

·         Endocrinology

·         Gastroenterology

·         Hematology/Oncology

·         Infectious Disease

·         Nephrology

·         Pulmonology

·         Hospitalists (PY2 or PY3 only)

·         ICU Hospitalist (PY2 or PY3 only)

Ambulatory Medicine

·         Continuity Clinics (three half-day sessions per ambulatory block)

·         Longitudinal subspecialty clinics (three half-day sessions per ambulatory block)

o   Cardiology

o   Endocrinology

o   Gastroenterology

o   Hematology/Oncology

o   Infectious Disease

o   Nephrology

o   Pulmonary Medicine

o   Rheumatology

·         Subspecialty clinic electives

o   Allergy

o   Dermatology

o   ENT

o   Hepatology

o   Kidney Transplant Clinic

o   Ophthalmology

o   Orthopedics

o   Psychiatry

o   Women’s Health/Gynecology

Internal Medicine Residency Sample Schedules

Internal Medicine Residency Weekly Ambulatory Schedule Example