Internal Medicine Residency Program
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The Boston University Medical Residency Program offers comprehensive training in Internal Medicine and its specialties. The program is based in the Department of Medicine of Boston University School of Medicine and its major hospitals, Boston Medical Center (formed by the merger of Boston City Hospital and Boston University Medical Center Hospital), and the Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center.
These hospitals served for many years as the principal teaching hospitals of the BU School of Medicine. Integrated in 1992, the Medical Residency Program takes full advantage of the complementary strengths of the Department of Medicine and all of its major resources. All our residents at all PGY levels rotate to both hospitals on the BMC campus as well as the VA Boston Healthcare System. This triad provides an incredible curriculum providing diversity and complimentary patient care and learning opportunities.
The residency program is designed to provide the core clinical training in internal medicine needed by all residents, regardless of their future career plans. This core curriculum provides solid grounding in the fundamentals of internal medicine and meets the requirements of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
We recognize, however, that the career paths of our residents are many and varied. Therefore, through the use of electives, we offer opportunities for enrichment or specialization throughout the program. Each individual develops his/her experiences in consultation with a faculty advisor and program director.
Combining the resources, strengths, and unique personalities of the major teaching hospitals allows us to organize residency training on the basis of educational needs and preferences, with each hospital and ambulatory clinic serving as the focus for those areas in which it excels.
The Boston University Residency Program offers all the advantages of a large and diverse department, balanced with close support of each resident. The house staff directors based at each hospital represent the departmental leadership team, and accept direct responsibility for each intern and resident rotating at their institution. In addition, each house officer is assigned to a house staff director who meets regularly with them to discuss evaluations, career plans and important personal and professional concerns.
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