Curriculum
Internal Medicine Curriculum Design
Training activities for LBH's residency program in Osteopathic Internal
Medicine are carried out under the auspices of the Internal Medicine/Hospitalist
Service. A number of other hospital departments and services, affiliated
institutions, and private physicians will cooperate to provide instruction
and support for the training effort. Affiliated internists and specialty
physician preceptor's offices, didactic presentations, and electives are
all-important parts of the educational program. Thus, residents draw upon
a variety of educational resources, personnel and training sites during
each academic year.
The structured three-year program includes both required and elective rotations,
which ensure consistency of training. Each resident's training time is
allocated to meet the following AOA/ACOI minimum requirements over the
thirty-six month program (13 Block/Academic year system):
Internal Medicine
13 Blocks Total. 3 blocks in PGY1
IM ICU/Adult Critical Care
3 Blocks Total. 2 Blocks in PGY1
Surgery
1 Block… must be General Surgery in PGY1
Women's Health
1 Block… must be in PGY1
Night Float
3 Blocks Total… 2 Blocks in PGY 1
Emergency Medicine
2 Blocks… 1 Block in PGY 1
Ambulatory Medicine
2 Blocks
Cardiology
1 Block… must be in PGY 1
Infectious Disease
1 Block
*Night Float- The Night Float patient care experience will take place during non-traditional
care hours; in the form of a Night Float rotation, where they will receive
training exposure to the full spectrum of hospital based internal medicine.
The rotation will promote resident independence as well as integrate the
hospitalist faculty into the structured learning activities of the rotation.
The Rotation will be supervised by the on call faculty attending/in-house
preceptor (Board Certified Internist or Internal Medicine Subspecialist),
and all clinical encounters will occur either in the hospital or in the
emergency room department. Residents will not be assigned to 2 consecutive
night rotations. The Night Float team will respond to all codes and documents
its active participation in detailed code notes. The night Float Rotation
teaching methods will include daily evening report, night rounding, and
real-time patient precepting at night.