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Rotation Schedule & Curriculum Overview
Typical Rotation Schedule
Schedules are subject to change at the discretion of program leadership.
PGY-1 Rotation Schedule
| Rotation Name | Site |
Length of Rotation (Weeks) |
Primary continuity clinic maintained? |
Number of continuity clinic sessions during rotation |
Number of non-continuity ambulatory half days |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IM Ward | SBMC or SGMH | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient |
| IM Night float | SBMC or SGMH | 4 | No | 0 | 0 | Inpatient |
| Cardiology | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 4 | Inpatient |
| GI | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient |
| ICU | SBMC | 4 | No | 0 | 0 | Inpatient |
| ID | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient |
| Endocrine | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0-36 | Outpatient |
| Ambulatory | Citrus Tower | 4 | Yes | 4 | 36 | Outpatient |
- Preliminary Resident will do a four-week rotation in Emergency Med at SGMH instead of Ambulatory at Citrus Tower.
- Night float will be four weeks total split into two two-week blocks .
PGY-2 Rotation Schedule
| Rotation Name | Site |
Length of Rotation (weeks) |
Primary continuity clinic maintained? |
Number of continuity clinic sessions during rotation |
Number of non-continuity ambulatory half days |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IM Ward | SBMC or SGMH | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient |
| IM Night Float | SBMC or SGMH | 8 | No | 0 | 0 | Inpatient |
| Cardiology | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 4 | Inpatient |
| GI | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient |
|
ICU |
SBMC | 4 | No | 0 | 0 | Inpatient |
| Transitional Care Clinic | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Outpatient |
| Ambulatory | LLVA | 4 | Yes | 4 | 36 | Outpatient |
| Nephrology | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Outpatient |
| Elective | SBMC | 8 | Yes | 4 | 0-36 | Inpatient & Outpatient |
- Night Float will be eight weeks split into four (two week) sessions
PGY-3 Rotation Schedule
| Rotation Name | Site | Length of Rotation (weeks) |
Primary continuity clinic maintained? |
Number of continuity clinic sessions during rotation |
Number of non-continuity ambulatory half days |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IM Ward | SBMC or SGMH | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient |
| IM Night Float | SBMC or SGMH | 4 | No | 0 | 0 | Inpatient |
| Emergency | SGMH | 4 | Yes | 4 | 4 | Inpatient |
| Heme & Oncology | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient & Outpatient |
| ICU | SBMC | 4 | No | 0 | 0 | Inpatient |
|
Transitional Care Clinic |
SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Outpatient |
| Urgent Care | SBMC | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Outpatient |
| Elective | SBMC | 8 | Yes | 4 | 0-36 | Inpatient & Outpatient |
| Rheumatology | LLVA | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient & Outpatient |
| Pulmonary | LLVA | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Inpatient & Outpatient |
| Dermatology | LLVA | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Outpatient |
| Geriatrics | LLVA | 4 | Yes | 4 | 0 | Outpatient |
- Night float will be four weeks split into two sessions of two weeks in length.
Conferences
Daily, Monday through Friday, 12 noon to 1 pm
- Core curriculum didactics including guidelines
- Morning reports
- Case conferences
- Grand rounds
- Journal clubs
- Morbidity and mortality
- Research conferences
- Faculty development – learning and teaching in medicine – quarterly
- Specialty fellow conferences: cardiology, ECG, GI, ICU, tumor board – optional and as needed and possible
Quality Improvement Activities
- Programs for root cause analysis of complications and adverse outcomes.
- The M&Ms are comprehensive and critically looks at complications with an effort to prevent – occur monthly in different areas.
- Membership on various hospital QI committees.
- Daily safety huddles.
- Systems to recognize and correct medication errors.
- Safety procedures in place in OR, cathlab etc.
Research and Scholarly Activity
In addition to mandatory QI projects, residents will present and publish interesting cases and case series. They also have an opportunity to author book chapters, review articles, or be part of original research studies under the guidance of one of the faculty. They will also be coupled with fellows to work on research projects. Dr. Varadarajan will oversee resident research to make sure that they are engaged and to provide guidance.
Internal Medicine Fellowships
The UCR Internal Medicine Program also has accredited fellowship programs in cardiology, interventional cardiology, gastroenterology and critical care medicine with plans of expanding into other fellowships.
The primary training site for all fellowships is at St. Bernardine Medical center.
Admissions and Floats
We adhere to the ACGME guidelines that specify the number of admissions, workload, and work hours for the residents.