The program understands the importance of professional development. We help our residents develop a professional and personal identity. We hope all of our residents become leaders in their chosen fields. To this end, we have a structured curriculum to help develop residents as researchers, teachers and leaders.
Highlights
- Orientation: cultural sensitivity, community engagement, PALS, NRP
- Primary Care curriculum for PL-1, ICU curriculum for PL-2
- Access to PREP and MedStudy curriculum
- Board review weekly
- Monthly journal club
- Protected educational time
- Three year rotating didactic curriculum presented on Friday mornings
- Evidence based medicine conferences weekly
- Faculty mentor meetings twice a year to review individualized learning plans
- Program director meetings twice a year
- Two full-day retreats for each class
- Wellness committee activities to enhance connectedness and resiliency
- Four professionalism sessions per year
- Financial support for each resident to attend a conference (more if presenting)
- Four sessions on “Residents as Teachers”