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Internal Medicine Residency Program
The University
of Southern California Internal Medicine Residency Training
Program is situated at one of the largest health sciences
teaching facilities in the United States. The USC Health Sciences
Campus includes the Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, a number
of public and private teaching hospitals, and a variety of
research institutes dedicated to excellence in teaching, scientific
investigation and state-of-the-art clinical care. The Department
of Medicine, under the leadership of its Chairman, Edward
Crandall, Ph.D., M.D., is at the forefront of the School’s
activities. Ron Ben-Ari, M.D., Vice Chair for Educational
Affairs and Program Director, coordinates the Department’s
delivery of a comprehensive, well-rounded curriculum and unrivaled
ambulatory and inpatient clinical experiences to its residents.
Internal medicine
residents at USC are well-rounded and talented individuals
with a commitment to education and patient care. They have
the opportunity to develop excellent diagnostic and management
skills while learning hands-on medicine from a patient base
with a truly remarkable range of common and uncommon clinical
problems. Our residents are critical members of our care teams
and are allowed progressive autonomy in their roles as physicians
in training. USC internal medicine residents are important
contributors to the teaching of medical students and other
house staff. At the completion of their training, USC internal
medicine residents are outstanding physicians well suited
for any fellowship or career in internal medicine.
The Department
boasts over 175 full-time physician and Ph.D. faculty with
expertise encompassing general medicine and all internal medicine
subspecialties. Many of USC’s faculty are renowned scientists
and clinicians, twenty four of whom are listed in the publication
“Best Doctors in America” and three of whom have
been named Masters of the American College of Physicians.
The wealth of clinical material at the Health Sciences Campus
enables the Department of Medicine to provide truly unique
training opportunities for our house officers in both ambulatory
and inpatient venues.
FIRM SYSTEM
Each house officer and faculty member is assigned to one of
three Firms: Cardinal, Gold, or White. The Firm system promotes
collegiality among house officers and faculty and fosters
efficient and effective patient care and educational programs.
Each Firm has its own faculty directors and chief resident.
There are three
training programs offered by the Department of Medicine:
• 3-year categorical program in Internal Medicine
• 4-year residency in combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
• 1-year preliminary program in Internal Medicine
CATEGORICAL PROGRAM
The Department of Medicine offers 54 positions per year to
applicants seeking a three-year training experience preparing
them for board eligibility in Internal Medicine and subsequent
careers in hospital, general or subspecialty medicine. The
wealth of clinical material at the Health Sciences Campus
and the balanced and structured curriculum enables the Department
of Medicine to provide truly unique training opportunities
for our house officers.
COMBINED INTERNAL MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS
The Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics offer six positions
per year to applicants seeking a four-year training experience
preparing them for board eligibility in both Internal Medicine
and Pediatrics. Under the direction of Breck Nichols, M.D.,
residents in the combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics program
alternate between medicine and pediatric training experiences
and each individual gains experience in both ambulatory and
inpatient health care delivery. Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
residents alternate between continuity clinics in both adult
and pediatric medicine during their first two years and attend
a weekly combined internal medicine-pediatric clinic during
their final two years.
For additional information on the combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Program, please visit the Department of Pediatrics residency
website at www.uscpediatrics.com/
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