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
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.
Training Pathways
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Preliminary Year in Internal Medicine
Each Ohio State internal medicine resident has the opportunity to individualize his or her learning plan to align with passions and career goals.
Each Ohio State internal medicine resident has the opportunity to individualize his or her learning plan to align with passions and career goals.
Residents choose Ohio State for the collaborative, friendly learning community composed of colleagues they respect and can trust with their patients.
Our residents discover that hard work on a clinical question or project can result in becoming more than the local expert on an issue. Many find themselves presenting their results at national or international specialty meetings or publishing in leading journals.
Early establishment of mentors is encouraged and facilitated by the design of our training program. We begin linking you with possible mentors during orientation.
Our residents discover that hard work on a clinical question or project can result in becoming more than the local expert on an issue.
Our Leadership
Our Chief Residents
