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Internal Medicine Residency

Competency Based Curriculum in Internal Medicine

The curriculum in internal medicine consists of required and elective rotations. The comprehensive description of the 6 core competencies that span all rotations are included. Additional curricular items are listed under the Supplemental Curriculum. For any questions about the curriculum and its content or structure, please contact Dr. Wolfsthal or the course director for that rotation.

Core Competencies in Internal Medicine

• Patient Care
• Medical Knowledge
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
• Interpersonal Skills and Communication
• Professionalism
• Systems Based Practice

Required Ambulatory Rotations

• Continuity Medical Clinic
• Ambulatory Block Rotations
  • General Medicine
    • Health Maintenance Organizations
    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    • Private Practices
    • Social Medicine
      
      
  • Medical Subspecialties
    • Geriatrics
    • Travel Medicine
      
      
  • Non-Medical Subspecialties
    • Dermatology
    • ENT
    • Neurology
    • Ophthalmology
    • Orthopedics
    • Psychosocial/Behavioral Medicine
    • Women's Health
• Emergency Medicine
  • University Emergency Room (R1 and 2)
  • VA Emergency Care Services: Walk-in Clinic (R1)
  • VA Emergency Care Services: MOD (R2 and 3)

Required Inpatient Rotations

• University of Maryland Medical Center
  • General Medicine (Med 1-4)
  • Infectious Diseases (Med ID) - includes competency based supplement
  • Cancer Center (Leukemia and Solid Tumor Services)
  • Primary Cardiology Service (PCS)
  • Complex Cardiology Service (CCS)
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) - ATS reading list
    
    
• VA Medical Center
  • General Medicine Teams (Yellow, Green, Orange and Purple Teams)
  • Coronary Care Unit/Telemetry (Blue Team)
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit (Pink Team) - ATS reading list
  • Medical Consultation Service
    
    
• Mercy Medical Center
  • General Medicine Teams (Med A, B, C and Y)
  • Medical Admitting Officer (MAO)

Elective Rotations

• Cardiology
  • Cardiology Consultations
  • Cardiology Graphics
  • Echocardiography
  • Cardiology Research
    
    
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology
  • Endocrinology Consultations
  • Diabetes: Patient Care and Clinical Research
  • Endocrine and Diabetes Research
  • Nutrition
    
    
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics
  • Clinical Geriatrics
  • Metabolic and Cardiovascular Research in the Elderly
    
    
• Hematology
• Hypertension
• Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical HIV Program
  • ID Consultation Service
  • ID Consultations Service (Cancer Center)
    
    
• Medical Consultation
• Nephrology
• Neurology
  • Neurology Consultations - UMMS
  • Neurology Consultations - VA
    
    
• Occupational Medicine
• Oncology
• Psychiatry Liaison
• Pulmonary Medicine - ATS reading list
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Rheumatology
• Sports Medicine
• Transplant Medicine
• Western Maryland AHEC
• Women's Health
• Mercy Medical Center Electives
  • Hospitalist Service
  • Subspecialty Electives
    
    
• Med-Peds Electives
  • Cardiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hematology-Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Pulmonary
  • Rheumatology/Allergy-Immunology

Supplemental Curriculum

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures
• Critical Assessment of the Medical Literature
• Medical Informatics and Decision Making Skills
• Laboratory Medicine
• Occupational Medicine
• Socioeconomic and Cost Effectiveness Issues (Quality assurance, quality improvement and risk management)
• End-of-Life Care and Pain Management
• Principles of Managed Care
• Law and Public Policy
• Physician Impairment
• Other Topics: Violence, Substance Abuse Disorders, Sports Medicine and School Health

Updated December 2007

This page was last updated on: March 27, 2008.

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