The following is general information regarding the Internal Medicine Residency Program for the University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School at Houston for the 2009/2010 academic year.

1. We plan to accept approximately:

38  PGY-1 positions in the 3-year Categorical program
17  PGY-1 positions in the 1-year Preliminary program
6  positions in the 4-year combined Medicine/Pediatrics program
2  positions in the 1-year Rad/Onc Preliminary program that are processed by MD Anderson Cancer Center

2. PGY-1 residents accepted into the Preliminary program will rotate through the same services as the categorical PGY-1 residents.

3. Residents in the combined Medicine/Pediatrics program will rotate six months per year on Medicine rotations and six months on Pediatric rotations.  PGY-1 residents rotate in three month cycles, alternating Medicine and Pediatrics.  Upper-level residents switch every three months.

4. The distribution of clinical duties within the PGY-1 year is projected as follows:

* 3 weeks of vacation per year:  two weeks chosen by the intern and one week of which is unpaid for interns and is 6/24/10-6/30/10.  The program provides a 4 day break for the holiday of choice.
* Approximately 1 month ER, 1 month ICU, 1 month of Cardiology, 1 month of Ambulatory Clinic, 3-4 months General Internal Medicine Wards at Hermann Hospital or Lyndon B. Johnson County Hospital, 1-2 months at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, and 1 month at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

5. Night call:

Every 4th night on General Internal Medicine at Memorial Hermann and LBJ
Every 4th night on CCU at Memorial Hermann
Every 7th night at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Every 6th or 7th night at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Every 3rd or 4th night in MICU rotations at Memorial Hermann and LBJ
No night call on Renal or Hepatology services at Memorial Hermann or LBJ

Emergency Room shifts are 11 hours with two days off per week.

6. Conferences include weekly Grand Rounds, Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC), Core Curriculum lectures, Friday Noon Conference, and the Chief Medical Resident's Conference at which residents give prepared talks with handouts and bibliographies.

7. Additional benefits include:

• On-Call meal tickets at respective hospitals

• White coat laundry services

• Email & On-line access to the National Library of Medicine, Pub-Med and Up To Date references

• American College of Physician (ACP) Membership

• MKSAP Internal Medicine Board Review Series

• Membership to the Houston Academy of Medicine/Jesse Jones Library, servicing the Texas Medical Center

• Resident support for participation in the Texas Academy of Internal Medicine & ACP Regional Conferences (poster & podium presentations, etc)