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Internal Medicine Residency Program
Training that features a large patient volume and medically complex cases
About the Program
The Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine provides a unique and dynamic learning environment for residents, stressing the importance of clinical excellence and dedication to scholarship. We receive some of the most medically complex cases across Ohio and neighboring states, and the volume of patients we treat gives each resident a rich and diverse training experience. Despite the challenge of providing such care, Ohio State benefits from true camaraderie between residents and faculty that focus on excellent patient care and resident education. And, our residents learn from one another as our medical teams often comprise members of our categorical, primary care, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine, and Physician Scientist Training Program residencies.
Aside from clinical excellence, Ohio State provides countless opportunities for scholarly achievement. Whether through our structured Research Track or faculty-mentored projects, our residents consistently publish in high impact peer-reviewed journals and present their work at major national and international conferences. We also provide a comprehensive Leadership Curriculum which gives each resident a toolset for navigating the nuanced challenges that doctors will face throughout their careers. Finally, we are dedicated to achieve all these goals while maintaining a culture of wellness. With the guidance of our Wellness Committee we ensure our residents can enjoy life outside of medicine, and make some of the most meaningful friendships and memories of their lives.
Our fellows work with eight primary care geriatricians. In 2016, our team of geriatricians saw 7,500 outpatients, cared for 1,835 inpatients and visited 377 patients in transitional care organizations. Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is a 971-bed, medical and surgical teaching hospital with over 45,000 admissions in 2014. OSU’s emergency room, with over 120,000 annual visits, opened an 8 bed Geriatric Unit in 2015. Nationally ranked in seven adult specialties and “high-performing” in another eight adult specialties, including geriatrics (which currently is ranked 44th in the country), OSUWMC has led the Midwest region for 22 years in US News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” rankings. Our College of Medicine ranks 12th in the country among public universities in the magazine's "America's Best Graduate Schools.” On Best Doctors Inc.'s most recent "Best Doctors in America" list, 79% of the central Ohio honorees were Ohio State faculty. Adopting Epic in 2011, OSUWMC has been recognized as one of the nation's “Most Wired Hospitals” 11 times by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, more than any hospital in Ohio. A medical research powerhouse with more than 20 centers and institutes, including a new Brain and Spine Hospital that opened in 2016, OSUWMC conducts more than 1,000 active research studies in virtually every medical specialty. Despite being the only academic medical center in central Ohio, OSUWMC provides more than $170 million in charity care and community support each year. Applications accepted through ERAS. Contact Shannon Libby, Geriatrics Fellowship Program Coordinator with questions @ shannon.libby@osumc
Program mission
To prepare trainees to be leaders in whatever aspects of Internal Medicine you choose to pursue.
Recruitment vision
The Ohio State University Internal Medicine Residency Program seeks to recruit intellectually curious physicians who take ownership of their own learning and who are driven to develop as effective teammates in the community of residents and other healthcare providers, delivering evidence-based, equitable medical care.
We strive to assemble an intern class that come from a variety of experiences and perspectives, display strong intellect, and have the potential to improve people’s lives through innovation in research, education, and community service.
Our core values
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Inclusion
- Community
Mentors in Internal Medicine
Early establishment of mentors is encouraged and facilitated by the design of our training program. We begin linking you with possible mentors during orientation. Based on career interests, interns are linked to faculty that can provide further advice and guide the intern through a scholarly project as part of their career development elective and possibly additional months. These links are sometimes with the general and subspecialty attendings they work with on the wards. Often residents receive referrals from a director, chief resident or colleague.
Faculty mentors appreciate that time is allotted within the residency for research, quality improvement and/or educational scholarship and are eager to help. Trainees value the open access to mentors, role models, division heads and fellowship program directors.
Our Leadership
Training Pathways
A year of preliminary internal medicine is provided for individuals who match categorical residency positions at Ohio State for neurology, dermatology, physical medicine and rehabilitation and ophthalmology.
All prelims undergo orientation with the categorical interns, are assigned a series of inpatient ward rotations divided between the main university hospital, East Hospital, cancer hospital, heart hospital and brain and spine hospital, and participate on the night team. They may elect to do a critical care rotation, and may choose among a list of ambulatory and inpatient electives. Receiving specialty departments designate whether some of the elective rotations are earmarked for specialty exposure (such as a dermatology clinic assignment for dermatology prelims and neurocritical care and ambulatory neurology for neurology prelims). Ophthalmology prelims participate in 3 4-week ophthalmology preparatory blocks, while other prelims may apply for a research block. By the end of this year, preliminary trainees can confidently evaluate new patients with concise, insightful histories and complete physical examinations. They can assimilate data to arrive at accurate diagnoses and develop appropriate therapeutic plans. They are confident first responders to complicated internal medicine problems, know their way around our large medical center, and develop positive working relationships with internal medicine and non-internal medicine colleagues. Those successfully completing the year have one year of credit reported to the American Board of Internal Medicine. They are valued members of the Ohio State University Internal Medicine Residency Team!
All prelims undergo orientation with the categorical interns, are assigned a series of inpatient ward rotations divided between the main university hospital, East Hospital, cancer hospital, heart hospital and brain and spine hospital, and participate on the night team. They may elect to do a critical care rotation, and may choose among a list of ambulatory and inpatient electives. Receiving specialty departments designate whether some of the elective rotations are earmarked for specialty exposure (such as a dermatology clinic assignment for dermatology prelims and neurocritical care and ambulatory neurology for neurology prelims). Ophthalmology prelims participate in 3 4-week ophthalmology preparatory blocks, while other prelims may apply for a research block. By the end of this year, preliminary trainees can confidently evaluate new patients with concise, insightful histories and complete physical examinations. They can assimilate data to arrive at accurate diagnoses and develop appropriate therapeutic plans. They are confident first responders to complicated internal medicine problems, know their way around our large medical center, and develop positive working relationships with internal medicine and non-internal medicine colleagues. Those successfully completing the year have one year of credit reported to the American Board of Internal Medicine. They are valued members of the Ohio State University Internal Medicine Residency Team!
