Training Tracks

Applicants can apply for any of these 3 training tracks:

Categorical Medicine Track

Program Director: Simerjot Jassal, MD
Program Administrator: Anne Bamrick

Program Overview:

• 3-year "traditional" training track leading to eligibility for certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine
• Prepares residents for careers in academic and private-practice general internal medicine as well as for subspecialization
• Curriculum of inpatient and outpatient rotations providing broad exposure to general internal medicine as well as subspecialties
• Optional 2-month research elective for scholarly activities
• Sample schedule for our categorical residents
• Categorical Medicine NRMP Code: 1049140C0

Physician-Scientist Training Pathway (PSTP)

Program Director: Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD
Program Administrator: Colleen Reich

Program Overview:

The Two-Year Fast-Track is available to all fellowship programs, with the exception of cardiology. For cardiology, PSTP applicants are required to participate in the Three-Year Research-in-Residency program. Here's a brief summary of similarities and differences between the two programs:

• The Two-Year Fast-Track is a traditional ABIM fast-track program
  • Two years of intensive clinical training in the internal medicine residency program with no research months during residency
  • Guaranteed acceptance to the research fellowship selected during the interview (~50% of fellowship time is protected research with the exception of continuity clinics), upon satisfactory completion of the internal medicine residency program
  • Two-years protected research after fellowship
  • Eligibility for boards as dictated by ABIM
  • Cardiology does not participate in the two-year fast-track
  • Two-Year Fast-Track NRMP Code: 1049140C2
• The Three-Year Research-in-Residency program allows more comprehensive clinical training in internal medicine and earlier exposure to research, which is the same as the categorical match)
  • Three years of clinical training in the internal medicine residency program with 4 monthsprotected research during residency
  • Bioinformatics training and research mentorship during residency with goal of helping matriculant publish during residency
  • Guaranteed acceptance to the research fellowship selected during the interview (~50% of fellowship time is protected research with the exception of continuity clinics), upon satisfactory completion of the internal medicine residency program
  • At least one year of protected research after fellowship
  • Eligibility for boards as with their matriculating residency and fellowship class
  • Three-Year Research-in-Residency NRMP Code: 1049140C1

More about the PSTP program

Primary Care Track

Program Director: Stacy Charat, MD
Program Administrator: Anne Bamrick

Program Overview:

• 3-year primary care training track with additional exposure to ambulatory general internal medicine clinics, didactics, and skills, leading to eligibility for certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
• Prepares residents for a wide variety of careers in ambulatory general internal medicine and primary care subspecialty areas
• Three annual primary care blocks providing exposure to a wide-range of primary care environments, high-yield subspecialty clinic sessions, primary care skills trainings, personalized to individual resident career goals.
• Weekly didactic curriculum during primary care blocks focusing on clinical and non-clinical topics as well as a dedicated social justice curriculum including hands-on experience with community agencies
• Sample block schedule for our primary care residents
• Primary Care NRMP Code: 1049140M0

More about the Primary Care Track