Curriculum & Didactics
Rotation Schedule
The academic year consists of 13 blocks, each four weeks in length. A sample of the internal medicine curriculum is listed below.
| Block | PGY 1 | PGY 2 | PGY 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine |
| 2 | Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine |
| 3 | Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine |
| 4 | Internal Medicine |
Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine |
| 5 | Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine | ICU |
| 6 | Internal Medicine | ICU | Cardiology - OP |
| 7 | Emergency Medicine | Cardiology - IP | Nephrology |
| 8 | Pulmonary Medicine | Rheumatology | Nephrology |
| 9 | General Surgery | Infectious Disease | Hematology/Oncology |
| 10 | Women’s Health | Gastroenterology | Sleep Medicine |
| 11 | Dermatology | Geriatrics | Geriatrics |
| 12 | Endocrine | Elective | Elective |
| 13 | Community Medicine | Elective | Elective |
Didactic Components
1. The clinical experience will be supplemented by a structured didactic program comprised of daily case report, daily noon conference, grand rounds, Journal Club, OMT clinics and procedure workshops.
2. Daily didactics (monthly template schedule below)
| Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outpatient Yale Case | Inpatient Case | Sub Specialty | Procedure & Board Review | CME |
| 2 | Outpatient Yale Case | Inpatient Case | Sub Specialty | Procedure & Board Review | CME |
| 3 | Outpatient Yale Case | Inpatient Case | Sub Specialty | Procedure & Board Review | CME |
| 4 | Outpatient Yale Case |
Inpatient Case |
Sub Specialty |
Procedure & Board Review |
CME |
Daily noon lectures
Lectures cover a wide variety of topics and subspecialties aimed at creating a well-rounded learning experience. The noon lecture curriculum series consists of the following areas:
- General internal medicine
- Subspecialty medicine
- Outpatient medicine
- Pharmacy medicine
- Business, law and ethics of medicine
- Morbidity and mortality conferences
Grand rounds
- Occur each Friday with all members of the medical staff
Journal Club
- Occurs monthly over dinner hosted by the program director
OMT clinic and workshops
- All internal medicine interns will work a minimum of three shifts in the OMT clinic during the academic year.
- Procedure training sessions include mock codes, mega codes, sonosite and lumbar puncture.