Curriculum

The curriculum is designed to highlight and leverage the strengths of the health care system of IU Health South Region while providing a well-rounded general internal medicine education that prepares residents for a wide variety of careers upon completion of residency.

Our Internal Medicine Residency program operates on a 13, four-week block schedule.

Hospital wards, ICU, and consult services will take place at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Rural medicine experiences will occur at IU Health Bedford and IU Health Paoli Hospitals and outpatient clinics. Outpatient rotations will occur at IU Health South Region primary care and specialty offices

The longitudinal continuity clinic experience will occur at the IU Health Primary Care Clinic. Each resident will participate in a continuity clinic one full day weekly throughout the duration of their training. They will be excused from impatient responsibilities while in continuity clinic to allow them to focus on the primary care of a cohort of patients assigned to them. Residents will work in a multidisciplinary team consisting of other residents and ancillary team members such as nursing and pharmacy under the supervision of a board-certified internal medicine primary care physician.

Didactical education will occur by several mechanisms. First, each rotation will have rotation specific didactics led by faculty and residents themselves. Second, there will be an inpatient and outpatient morning report daily based on the location of the rotation. This will involve a case presentation and discussion of pathology, evaluation, and treatment considerations. Third, there will be a program-wide academic half day on Friday afternoons which will include Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, program director rounds, faculty-led didactics on high yield topics from the ABIM Blueprint, board exam preparation, journal club, and simulation education. Finally, there will be combined didactics with faculty and residents from the IU-Bloomington Emergency Medicine residency program at least quarterly.