Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Education

The goal of the Med-Peds Interest Group is to help medical students learn more about the Med-Peds program, which includes 4 years of training in two specialties (pediatrics and internal medicine). All students are welcome. Throughout the year, panels with Med-Peds faculty answer questions and provide advice to students. The group also helps coordinate shadowing opportunities for interested students.

Advanced Management in Relationship-Centered Care is a longitudinal course for fourth-year medical students that emphasizes team-based care of patients with complex or chronic diseases. Our providers serve as preceptors to these fourth year medical students. We are honored to have the opportunity to share the knowledge and clinical skills that will help guide the careers of future physicians.

Our primary care section members host informal get-togethers with the med-peds residents as well as categorical internal medicine residents interested in primary care. Quarterly educational newsletters created by section members also encourage asynchronous primary care education via review of the latest literature. The purpose is to foster increased dialogue, collaboration, and mentorship between med-peds primary care faculty and those residents who are considering a career in primary care. 

Our Med-Peds physicians are strong supporters of the nationally recognized Med-Peds residency program affiliated with Nationwide Children’s Hospital and OSU Wexner Medical Center. One of the most enjoyable experiences for our attendings is the chance to participate in the IM-PECS program (Internal Medicine & Pediatric Experience in a Community Setting). Through this program, second year residents are matched with a community attending and work alongside them in the ambulatory setting a few times a month for their final 3 years of residency training. They also have a concentrated month-long IM-PECS rotation. Not only is this an excellent learning experience about real-world academic primary care for the residents, but it keeps our attendings sharp and engaged with the next generation of Med-Peds physicians. These experiences form a natural preceptor/mentor relationship and the friendships that emerge often last well beyond residency. We have been proud to welcome a large number of past IM-PECS residents into our ranks as they’ve completed their training, then go on to mentor their own Med-Peds residents through this program over time.