Residency Program Specifics

The Wright State University Internal Medicine Residency Program emphasizes education that will develop versatile clinicians capable of handling both general medical outpatient issues and inpatient critical care. On completion of the program, residents are prepared to either enter general internal medicine practice or continue into subspecialty fellowship training. Residents care for a diverse patient population at the four major participating hospitals: the Premier Health Partners hospitals (Good Samaritan Hospital and Miami Valley Hospital), the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Wright Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center.

Special Features

• Emphasis on ambulatory training, with general medicine continuity clinics, experience in private physician offices, and rotations to ambulatory sites for training in orthopedics, gynecology, sports medicine, dermatology, allergy, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and otorhinolaryngology.
  
• Program flexibility that allows residents' input in planning their education to meet future practice needs.
  
• Assignment of a teaching resident on most general internal medicine inpatient services to assist the faculty in organizing teaching rounds and assigning topics for resident and student review.
  
• Coordination of conferences to cover core curriculum as well as special topics for residents at all sites.
  
• Resident/faculty practice in private practice-like setting at Good Samaritan Hospital.
  
• 24-hour in-house intensivist coverage at Miami Valley Hospital.
  
• Advanced electronic medical record at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

Typical Resident Schedule

The following are a typical rotation schedule for residents:

R1

6 months inpatient general medicine
1 month night float (two week blocks, not consecutive)
1 month intensive care unit
1 month cardiology
1 month ambulatory block, including Women’s Health
1 month medicine subspecialty elective
1⁄2 month practice-based learning modules
1⁄2 month leave

R2

4 months inpatient general medicine
1⁄2 month float
1 month intensive care unit
2 months ambulatory block
1 month emergency medicine
3 1⁄2 months electives

R3

3 months inpatient general medicine
1 month night float (two week blocks, not consecutive)
1 month intensive care unit
1 month ambulatory block
1 month geriatrics
5 months electives

Salaries for 2010-2011

R-1: $48,271
R-2: $49,678
R-3: $50,923