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Inpatient Medical Experiences

During either the one-year preliminary or the three-year Categorical Internal Medicine program, the resident will have diverse experiences at both of our affiliated teaching hospitals:

Care is provided by teams led by attending faculty. At the University Hospital, inpatient attendings are full-time academic hospitalists. Teams are comprised of one senior (R-2 or R-3 resident) and two interns (R-1 residents). Medical students are assigned to each team, working cooperatively to provide care to patients assigned to the team. Patient care is optimized by the close collaboration between resident teams, pharmacists, social workers, and case managers. At the VA hospital, teams are headed by a VA internist, and staffed by one senior resident and two interns.

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Ambulatory Care Experiences

At the University of Missouri, our internal medicine residents participate in continuity clinic via the four+one model. This varies from the traditional model of continuity clinic, where residents are pulled from their rotations one-half day per week in order to attend clinic.

In the four+one model, residents have four weeks of a given rotation that is followed by one week of continuity clinic. When one is in clinic, there are minimal other responsibilities except for clinic. When on a non-continuity clinic rotation, there are minimal continuity clinic duties. Residents are able to focus on their four-week rotation with few interruptions from clinic and likewise, they will be able to focus on the outpatient continuity clinic during the one week of clinic. The Harry S Truman Veterans Hospital and Clinics and the Fairview General Internal Medicine clinic are the two settings in which residents may have their continuity clinic. Residents serve as the primary care physicians for their patients and continuity of care is also provided by the General Internal Medicine Attending Faculty who supervise the residents. When a resident is in clinic, he or she will have six half-day sessions of clinic in which to see patients. Two half-days a week are reserved for ambulatory didactics and quality improvement learning. We utilize the Yale Office-Based Curriculum as a backbone of our didactics. In addition, residents are given two half-days of unassigned time which can be utilized in a variety of ways, including academic endeavors, but also a time to attend to personal matters.

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Emergency Medicine

The Emergency Department at University Hospital is the only Level I trauma facility in Mid-Missouri. Residents evaluate and treat patients with medical and surgical emergencies, under the supervision of 100 percent Emergency Medicine residency-trained and board-certified faculty.

Intensive Care

Residents rotate through the Medical Intensive Care Unit and the Coronary Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital, and the Medicine Intensive Care Unit at the Harry S. Truman Veteran's Administration Hospital.

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Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Medical Oncology

Training in Medical Oncology occurs on the Ellis Fischel inpatient service at University Hospital and Clinics, and in ambulatory care at the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, a member hospital of University Hospitals and Clinics.

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Electives

Two to three months of elective time each year gives our residents flexibility to pursue their interests. Rotations in Anesthesiology, Adolescent Medicine, Cardiology Consults, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Medical Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Ophthalmology, Nephrology, Pathology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Pulmonary Disease, Radiology, and Rheumatology are popular clinical electives. If so inclined, the resident may also select one four-week Research block per academic year, under the tutelage of a faculty research mentor.

Procedures Required for Internal Medicine Certification

There are many opportunities for residents to become proficient in procedures such as central lines, arterial lines, endotracheal intubations, paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar punctures and chest tubes.