Curriculum
Our Curriculum is an important document that defines the educational goals of our Residency Training Program and is intended to clarify the learning objectives for all inpatient and outpatient rotations. Our program requirements are based on the ACGME standards for categorical training in Internal Medicine.
This is a document that will change over time and is developed based on the following principles:
The Curriculum was developed and updated by broad representation of faculty and residents.
- The Curriculum will clearly define the expectations of junior and senior residents on specific rotations. This is to help ensure that our residents are gradually increasing their responsibility regarding patient care and teaching responsibilities.
- It also reflects the expectation that medical knowledge will gradually increase at different levels and that much of that learning is self-directed. It is also expected, as residents progress through the 3-year training program, that their skills with practice-based learning and the application and improvement of complex systems that we work in continue to improve throughout the 3-year training cycle.
- The primary goal of our Curriculum is to assist in training excellent Internists who can successfully:
- Practice quality medicine in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
- Pursue subspecialty training.
- Develop skills as an educator.
- Participate in research.
It is our hope that our residents will continually exhibit intellectual curiosity and that they will bring that style of practice to their patient care. This is best accomplished by being well-trained in practice-based learning.
It is difficult to convey in a Curriculum our very high standard of professionalism and ethical conduct that we model and expect from all our residents.
Graduate medical education, by nature, involves a great deal of self-directed learning. Our hope is that the Curriculum will serve as a helpful template to guide learning and clinical maturation throughout all years of training.
Our electronic evaluation system is intended to reflect, on a timely basis, fair evaluation of the residents' performance. MedHub also allows us to clearly track development in all the 6 core competencies. Residents are expected to meet minimum standards in the 6 core competencies and are strongly encouraged to develop excellence in all of these.
Those 6 core competencies include:
- Patient Care (PC)
- Medical Knowledge (MK)
- Practice-Based Learning and Improvement (PBLI)
- Interpersonal and Communication Skills (ICS)
- Professionalism (P)
- Systems-Based Practice (SBP)
It is our expectation that our residents will read Rotation Specific Curricula prior to all rotations. It is also our ongoing intent to develop a post-test after specific rotations in order to test specific areas of knowledge.
Transitions of Care
Transitions of care, if not given due diligence, are associated with adverse events and/or near misses. It is our responsibility as clinicians to ensure that patient care/safety is always given the highest priority. It is, thus, imperative that measures are taken by EPO to ensure that sign-outs and/or handoffs are performed such that patient safety is assured and the rules of the ACGME (as outlined below) are followed.
House staff and teaching attendings are required to review the curriculum at the start of each rotation. MedHub, our web-based system, will automatically send an email with an attachment containing the appropriate curriculum documents a few days prior to the start of each rotation.
Inpatient Rotations
- Cardiology Inpatient (ACS)
- General Medicine Inpatient Rotation
- Hematology/Oncology Inpatient Service
- Medical Admitting Resident/Intern University Hospital
- Medical Admission/Transfer Policy University Hospital
- Medical Admitting Resident VA
- Medicine Consult Service
- Medicine Consult Service VA
- MICU J and Wellness Rotation
- Night Float Curriculum University Hospital
- Night Float Curriculum VA
- Palliative Care Service
- VA Procedure Rotation
- VA Inpatient PGY1 Expectations
- VA Inpatient Senior Resident Expectations
- Inpatient DM Guide
ICU Rotations
- Critical Care Medicine Curriculum University Hospital
- Critical Care ICU Crouse
- Critical Care ICU Night Crouse
- Critical Care ICU VA
Elective Rotations
- Cardiology Consult
- Dermatology Consult
- Endocrinology Consult
- Gastroenterology Consult
- Geriatrics
- Infectious Disease Consult
- Nephrology Consult Team
- Neurology Elective
- Pulmonary Consult Team
- Rheumatology Consult Team
- VA ED Elective
- Critical Care ICU Crouse POCUS
RRT/Code Team
- RRT/Code Curriculum Skills
- Rapid Response Code Blue Team Curriculum
- 3rd Year Resident and SWAT RN Response to RRT Code Blue
- RRT/Vocera
Outpatient Rotations
- Intern Survival Guide
- Endocrinology Outpatient
- Emergency Department Rotation Crouse Hospital
- Gastroenterology Outpatient
- General Internal Medicine Ambulatory Continuity Clinic
- Hematology/Oncology Outpatient Rotation
- Infectious Disease Outpatient
- Geriatrics Outpatient
- VA Dermatology
- Crouse Hospital Emergency Medicine Curriculum
- VA PCMH (Patient Centered Medical Home)
- Nephrology Outpatient
- Wound Clinic
Inpatient Rotations
- Cardiology Inpatient (ACS)
- General Medicine Inpatient Rotation
- Hematology/Oncology Inpatient Service
- Medical Admitting Resident/Intern University Hospital
- Medical Admission/Transfer Policy University Hospital
- Medical Admitting Resident VA
- Medicine Consult Service
- Medicine Consult Service VA
- MICU J and Wellness Rotation
- Night Float Curriculum University Hospital
- Night Float Curriculum VA
- Palliative Care Service
- VA Procedure Rotation
- VA Inpatient PGY1 Expectations
- VA Inpatient Senior Resident Expectations
- Inpatient DM Guide
ICU Rotations
- Critical Care Medicine Curriculum University Hospital
- Critical Care ICU Crouse
- Critical Care ICU Night Crouse
- Critical Care ICU VA
Elective Rotations
- Cardiology Consult
- Dermatology Consult
- Endocrinology Consult
- Gastroenterology Consult
- Geriatrics
- Infectious Disease Consult
- Nephrology Consult Team
- Neurology Elective
- Pulmonary Consult Team
- Rheumatology Consult Team
- VA ED Elective
- Critical Care ICU Crouse POCUS
Outpatient Rotations
- Intern Survival Guide
- Endocrinology Outpatient
- Emergency Department Rotation Crouse Hospital
- Gastroenterology Outpatient
- General Internal Medicine Ambulatory Continuity Clinic
- Hematology/Oncology Outpatient Rotation
- Infectious Disease Outpatient
- Geriatrics Outpatient
- VA Dermatology
- Crouse Hospital Emergency Medicine Curriculum
- VA PCMH (Patient Centered Medical Home)
- Nephrology Outpatient
- Wound Clinic
