Residents alternate their primary focus every 2 months the first 8 months, the standard core rotations in the first 8 months include:

  • Internal Medicine:
    • Banner University Wards
    • Veterans Administration Wards
    • Internal Medicine Ambulatory Clinic
    • Banner Emergency Medicine/POCUS (2 weeks each)
  • Pediatrics:
    • Phoenix Children’s Wards
    • Phoenix Children’s Outpatient Ambulatory Clinic
    • Valleywise Wellbaby Nursery
    • Phoenix Children’s Split Ambulatory Elective (2 weeks each)

The following rotations are completed either in the last 4 months of PGY-1 or the first 4 months of PGY-2 (as “Super-Terns”):

  • Internal Medicine:
    • Banner University Wards
    • Medical Intensive Care Unit
    • Cardiology (2 weeks clinic/2 weeks inpatient)
    • Adult Neurology or Adult Cardiology rotation
      • Whichever is not done here will be completed in PGY-2
  • Pediatrics:
    • Phoenix Children’s Wards 
    • Phoenix Children’s Developmental Pediatrics
    • St. Joseph’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
    • Valleywise Health Community Health Center (Outpatient Peds)

Completion of Intern role the first 4 months as “Super-Terns” (see PGY-1 schedule for details).

The 8 months of PGY-2 Following the end of the 16-month Internship include:

  • Internal Medicine:
    • Banner University Wards Senior – Transplant Hepatology
    • Internal Medicine Elective
    • Veterans Administration Wards
    • Internal Medicine Ambulatory Elective – Neurology/Endocrinology split
    • Banner or Community Ambulatory Internal Medicine Clinic
       
  • Pediatrics:
    • Phoenix Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
    • Phoenix Children’s Pediatric Emergency Medicine
    • Phoenix Children’s Adolescent Medicine
    • Pediatric Elective

We have developed 3 different tracks for residents to select from based on their individual career trajectory that align with the newly modified ACGME guidelines. The tracks include hospitalist, fellowship and primary care. This allows residents to have increased personally selected electives in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.

Hospitalist
  • Internal Medicine
    • Banner Medical Intensive Care Unit (2 months)
    • Banner University Wards (3 months)
    • Veterans Administration Wards
    • Mixed Elective in Geriatrics, Addiction Medicine & Palliative Care
    • 5 months of individually selected electives
  • Pediatrics
    • Phoenix Children’s Wards (3 months)
    • Phoenix Children’s Critical Care
    • Phoenix Children’s Emergency Department
    • Phoenix Children’s Hematolog/Oncology (inpatient)
    • Phoenix Children’s Mental Health
    • 5 months of individually selected electives
Fellowship
  • Internal Medicine
    • Banner University wards (3 months)
    • Banner Medical Intensive Care Unit
    • Mixed Elective in Geriatrics, Addiction Medicine & Palliative Care
    • 7 months of individually selected electives
  • Pediatrics
    • Phoenix Children’s Wards (3 months wards or 2 months ward/1 month PICU)
    • Phoenix Children’s Emergency Department
    • Phoenix Children’s Hematology/Oncology (inpatient)
    • Phoenix Children’s Mental Health
    • Valleywise Medical Center Ambulatory Clinic
    • 5 months of individually selected electives
Primary Care
  • Internal Medicine
    • Banner University Wards (2 months)
    • Banner Medical Intensive Care
    • Mixed Elective – Geriatrics, Addiction Medicine & Palliative Care
    • Ambulatory academic or community clinics (3 months)
    • 5 months of individually selected electives
  • Pediatrics
    • Phoenix Children’s Wards (2 months)
    • Phoenix Children’s Emergency Department
    • Phoenix Children’s Hematology/Oncology (inpatient)
    • Phoenix Children’s Mental Health
    • Valleywise Ambulatory Pediatric Clinic
    • Community Pediatric Clinic (rural)
    • 5 months of individually selected electives