Internal Medicine Residency Program at Orlando

Program Leadership

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Current Residents

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Categorical Curriculum

Categorical track curriculum provides more exposure to inpatient medicine with resident clinic half-days once a week.

Primary Care Curriculum

Primary care track provides more dedicated clinic experience at the Lake Nona VA, making it ideal for residents seeking to practice as an outpatient internist.

Research

• Research mentors in most internal medicine subspecialties
• Monthly journal clubs to help residents become familiar with research design, statistical analysis and data interpretation/application
• Present at local, regional, national, or international scientific meetings
• Support from designated statisticians and grant-writers for IRB protocol writing, study design and manuscript preparation
• Yearly showcase of scholarly activities in GME Research Day
• Financial support/allowance for national meetings and travel

In order to achieve these goals, we meet on a regular basis to discuss new projects and ideas and to assess the status of the ongoing research.

Xuan Ding, MD

Director of Research, AdventHealth Orlando Internal Medicine Program

Conferences

There are 13 blocks in each academic year; each block is 4 weeks in length. The above is a representative schedule for each year of training. Although most electives are internal medicine sub specialty electives, the hospital plays host to a robust repertoire of other specialties as well, and we routinely allow motivated residents to pursue electives like interventional radiology, ophthalmology and dermatology. Additionally, we allow a maximum of one offsite elective per year of training, at the PGY 2 or 3 level. *A board review course is mandatory in PGY 3.

The Program Director or other faculty member leads a daily discussion of the "best cases" for learning. The discussion is open, interactive and supportive. Residents and students on ward rotations are required to attend, but everyone is welcome. In addition, every Friday one of the Internal Medicine teams presents an interesting case that they have encountered during the week.

Faculty and residents use didactic, as well as case-based teaching, to give the latest, evidence-backed information on core topics of medicine. Many of these conferences are presented by subspecialty faculty. Attendance by residents, students and faculty is required. Some noon conferences focus on board preparation using MKSAP. During these conferences, faculty present custom quizzes from MKSAP and lead the discussion of answers. The whole experience is designed to cover the most likely areas of focus of the boards and stimulate further reading and self-learning

A variety of topics pertinent to all internists are presented formally on a monthly basis. We frequently invite renowned experts from across the country to present at these conferences. In addition, it is a great forum for residents to present interesting research that may be of value to other internal medicine physicians.

A variety of topics pertinent to physicians who care for patients with cardiovascular diseases are presented formally on a monthly basis.

Quarterly, our Nephrology faculty lead a discussion of interesting cases that they have encountered, in conjunction with review and explanation of pathology slides by an experienced pathologist based in Arkansas. Residents are welcome to contribute.

Once a month, faculty also conduct "jeopardy/doctor's dilemma" sessions to train residents for the annual ACP's Doctor's Dilemma competition.

Over the course of their training, residents will have multiple opportunities to sharpen their procedural skills not only at the bedside but also at a simulation lab located at AdventHealth Orlando at East Orlando Campus. Here residents will be trained by faculty members to practice code scenarios, perform common procedures such as central lines, lumbar punctures, etc.

Program Information

The ACP Weekly Curriculum is the core curriculum of reading materials throughout the residency program. All residents are expected to read the topic of the week, and answer the associated short quiz online. Scores are compiled on a weekly basis and reported confidentially to the program director and the resident’s mentor. Subscription is provided free of charge to all residents. Twice a month, residents present core topics from the ACP Weekly curriculum and engage the audience in a discussion followed by a question and answer session on the particular topic.

All computers on campus provide free access to UpToDate at all times. In addition, residents will also have free access to UpToDate on their hand-held devices. The hospital also provides online access to a medical library with extensive electronic resources. Our library staff is always eager to assist with performing literature searches.

What You'll Need

• LCME graduates:
  1. Pass USMLE I and USMLE II at first attempt
  2. Doctor of Medicine diploma without reservations
  3. Fluency in spoken and written English
  4. Proof of US citizenship or appropriate visa status (AH HR requirement)
• AOA graduates:
  1. Pass COMLEX I and COMLEX II at first attempt
  2. Doctor of Osteopathy diploma without reservations
  3. Fluency in spoken and written English
  4. Proof of US citizenship or appropriate visa status (AH HR requirement)
• International graduates:
  1. Pass USMLE I and USMLE II ck at first attempt (Second attempt is allowed in USMLE II cs)
  2. Doctor of Medicine diploma without reservations
  3. Current ECFMG certification
  4. Proof of US citizenship or appropriate visa status (AH HR requirement) (H1B is sponsored)
  5. Fluency in spoken and written English
  6. ECFMG certificate must be in prior to ranking.

Additional Information:

• The Program Director may permit the waiver of one or more of these criteria under special circumstances
• We will be participating in ERAS and the NRMP Match.
• Applications will only be accepted and reviewed through ERAS - please no faxes or e-mails with attachments.
• We successfully began our program in July 2009.
• We are a 14-14-14 program.
• U.S. Clinical experience is not required.
• There is no graduation cutoff date requirement.