Curriculum
Didactics
Our clinical and didactic education incorporates the latest evidence-based medicine into all that we do. Didactics include:
- Case-based instruction using simulation and real patients
- Academic Half Day board preparation – protected weekly learning sessions led by expert, interdisciplinary faculty
- Patient safety and quality improvement longitudinal curriculum
- Unique focus on population health, health equity, care settings and transitions of care
- University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
Clinical Experience
All rotations prioritize team-based clinical learning environments. The goal is to provide robust, diverse experiences to support readiness for fulfilling, sustainable, professional careers in primary care, hospital medicine and subspecialties within internal medicine.
Ambulatory Experience
Ambulatory rotations occur at Banner Medical Group – Country Club outpatient internal medicine practice and subspecialty offices for a comprehensive training experience with a personalized curriculum.
- Exposure to federally qualified health centers
- Incorporation of quality and safety metrics to improve patient care at the individual and population levels
- 24 patient exam rooms
- Conference space
Inpatient Experience
- Inpatient rotations occur at Banner Desert Medical Center, a 650-bed tertiary referral center
- Accepting patients from across the Southeast Valley and state of Arizona
- Away rotations based on career goals
- Individualized educational electives in numerous specialties