Curriculum

The Southwest Indiana Internal Medicine Residency program strives to develop leaders in the field of internal medicine through a collaborative structure emphasizing our broad scope of training across an environment and a large rural referral center serving 250,000 people in 12 counties.

Didactics

The Southwest Internal Medicine Residency considers the didactic curriculum a key part of resident education. The importance of this protected learning time is highlighted as a vital aspect of residency training.

Sample Resident Schedule

Weeks	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
1-4	Wards DGHE 0% outpatient 0% research	Wards GSH 0% outpatient 0% research	Geriatrics DGHE 100% outpatient 0% research
5	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic EVAC 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research
6-9	ICU DGHE 0% outpatient 0% research	Endocrinology DGHE 0% outpatient 0% research	Wards DGHE 0% outpatient 0% research
10	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research
11-14	GI GSH 100% outpatient 0% research	Infectious Diseases GSH 50% outpatient 0% research	Pulmonary EVAC 100% outpatient 0% research
15	Clinic GSH 20% outpatient 10% research	Clinic EVAC 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research
16-19	Wards DGHE 0% outpatient 0% research	Wards DGHE 0% outpatient 0% research	Wards GSH 0% outpatient 0% research
20	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic EVAC 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research
21-24	Hematology/Oncology DGHE 100% outpatient 20% research	Emergency Dept. GSH 0% outpatient 0% research	ICU DGHE 0% outpatient 0% research
25	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic EVAC 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic GHS 90% outpatient 10% research
26-29	Wards DGHE 0% outpatient 0% research	Rheumatology DGHE 30% outpatient 0% research	Addiction GSH 90% outpatient 10% research
30	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic EVAC 90% outpatient 10% research	Clinic GSH 90% outpatient 10% research
31-34	Nephrology DGHE 100% outpatient 0% research	Community Health GSH 90% outpatient 10% research	Neurology DGHE 80% outpatient 0% research

Site Key:
Each entry lists the Rotation Name, Practice Site, Percent Outpatient, Percent Research
GSH = Good Samaritan Hospital; DGHE = Deaconess Gateway Hospital Evansville; EVAC = Evansville Veteran Affairs Clinic

Clinics are assigned to PGY-1 residents and will remain the continuity clinic for the entire duration of their three years in the program.
Clinic weeks for all categorical internal medicine residents will consist of three days of continuity clinic for PGY-1s, and four days of continuity clinic for PGY-2/3s.
PGY-1s will have a longitudinal experience in a internal medicine adjacent skill (see below). All year groups to have one scholarly/administrative day per clinic week for research and administrative tasks. Preliminary interns clinic week will include two days of career focused rotations, one day of outlying community medicine clinic, one day in the post discharge clinic, and one scholarly day.
Elective rotations will be performed at any Good Samaritan Hospital and Deaconess Health Gateway. Outside of assigned continuity clinic no one resident will have a permanent home clinical site.
Palliative care experience will be included in the geriatrics rotation
Opportunities for elective experiences in podiatry, wound care, anesthesia, sleep medicine, otolaryngology, office based orthopedics are available during clinic are available during clinic week. A longitudinal experience pathway will be required from all categorical PGY-1s in one of the above mentioned specialties.
A dedicated research block is available for PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents.

Curriculum

Didactics

Morning Reports

Midday Core Curriculum

Evidence Based Journal Club

Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Sample Resident Schedule