Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum – Norton
Norton Community Hospital
The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Norton Community Hospital is a traditional track three-year training program.
- 16 weeks of inpatient medicine
- 4 weeks ICU
- 4 weeks of cardiology**
- 4 weeks of nephrology**
- 4 weeks of infectious disease**
- 4 weeks of pulmonology
- 4 weeks of emergency medicine
- 4 weeks of night float
- 4 weeks of hematology/oncology
- 4 weeks of electives
** Out rotations: Mileage reimbursement
- 12 weeks of inpatient medicine
- 4 weeks of ICU
- 4 weeks of cardiology**
- 4 weeks of gastroenterology**
- 4 weeks of neurology**
- 4 weeks of walk-in clinic
- 4 weeks of night float
- 2 weeks of research
- 2 weeks of hospice/palliative
- 12 weeks of electives
** Out rotations: Mileage reimbursement
- 12 weeks of inpatient medicine (hospitalist)
- 4 weeks of ICU
- 4 weeks of rheumatology**
- 4 weeks of endocrinology**
- 4 weeks of addiction medicine**
- 4 weeks of geriatric medicine
- 8 weeks of medicine night float
- 2 weeks of research
- 2 weeks of selective
- 8 weeks of elective
** Out rotations: Mileage reimbursement
Didactic Schedule
- Targeted Learning Objectives and Guideline Based Teaching – Reviewing highest yield information in a setting where residents and attendings give their input, targeting MKSAP and guideline based medical knowledge from IDSA, CHEST, AHA, ASN, for ABIM and enhancement of medical knowledge.
- Ambulatory Medicine Series – Real or clinical pearls and developing framework for common problems encountered in the outpatient setting with focus on specialist input, such as cardiology, pulmonary or palliative care
- Point of care ultrasound series (POCUS) – Introductory lectures and workshop sessions with hand on ultrasound training to enhance the ultrasound skills used in residency programs
- Simulation labs & Code Blue training – Practical training skills to enhance skills such as intubation, central lines, needle decompression, lumbar puncture and arterial blood gas.
- Practice Changing updates – Topics covered outside of traditional medicine (billing, note writing, financial planning, hospice, resources, etc.)
- Interactive series & games – Interactive case presentations from leading, cutting edge software such as Human Dx, NEJM Resident 360+; games, including medical trivia, medical jeopardy, medical who wants to be a millionaire, medical spin the wheel for interactive learning and team based environment
- Board Review – Using high yield resources which are available to every resident for board exams such as UWorld, MKSAP, NEJM, AMBOSS, board review
- Morbidity & Mortality Review – Excellent learning opportunities to review from adverse patient outcome in a protected learning environment
- More than Medicine – Topics covered up outside of traditional medicine which prepared residents for real world practice such as billing, coding, financial planning and more
- Reserved wellness days – Wellness activities from the Social and Wellness Committee
Day-to-day schedule
- Monday – Targeted learning objectives and guidline-based teaching
- Tuesday – More than medicine topic, practice changing updates
- Wednesday – Interactive series and games, case presentations by residents and students
- Thursday – Targeted learning objectives, ambulatory medicine series, reserve wellness days
- Friday – Board review, morbidity and mortality review