Med-Peds Residency - Internal Medicine Education | The University of Arizona College of Medicine

Academic Half Day (9:15 am to 12:30 pm every Tuesday) – Attended by residents at all clinical sites with the exception of a few excused rotations. During Academic Half Day, the attendings carry your pagers and care for all issues, so you can focus on learning! Pre-reading and formal learning objectives combined with audience response questions facilitate learning.
Resident Report – Held at both Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix and the VA for all residents on wards. Residents on subspecialty electives are excused. Approximately three days per week, senior residents present a clinical case of a patient recently cared for in the wards as a starting point to review guideline-based diagnostics and therapeutics. House-staff work through cases under the guidance of the chief residents.
Patient Safety Conferences – Opportunities to discuss “near misses” identified by residents and basic patient safety principles. These are led by the VA chief resident in quality and safety.
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds – Held at 8:00 am on Fridays at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix. This teaching session features nationally recognized physicians and focuses on emerging areas of clinical practice.
Journal Club – Occurs monthly during Academic Half Day. Emphasizes the critical appraisal of literature surrounding relevant clinical questions and the use of evidence-based medicine (EBM).

One Day Critical Care Curriculum – As part of each Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix critical care rotation, interns and residents spend one day learning from one of the senior ICU attendings in a simulated setting. Central lines, ultrasound, and ACLS are reviewed and practiced in this small group setting.
Intern Boot Camps – During the spring of each year, all categorical and MP interns participate in three or four half-day sessions to prepare them for the role of supervising senior resident. They practice cases involving inpatient ward emergent conditions (severe pancreatitis, severe COPD exacerbation, submassive PE, alcohol withdrawal, SVT, neutropenic fever, Foley catheter obstruction, etc.). The goal is to learn initial management, how to recognize when you need help, and how to access it in our systems.
Procedure Team at Banner – Residents rotate through this hospitalist-run team in one-week intervals during their EM and select non-call elective months. Multiple rotations throughout residency and one-on-one teaching from trained ultrasound attendings promote excellent ultrasound and procedural skills in paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar punctures, and vascular access.

MKSAP Curriculum – For non-call month rotations. The program purchases a digital MKSAP subscription for all residents. Sections of it are completed corresponding to the rotation, allowing a timely connection between studying and patient care. Med-Peds residents receive this three-year subscription at the start of their PGY-2 year.
UWorld question bank – access to an additional set of board style questions.
Johns Hopkins Ambulatory Curriculum – Online modules from this nationally recognized resource are utilized during ambulatory months and for the continuity clinic curriculum.
Academic Half Day (AHD) Weekly Board Prep Questions and End-of-the-Month Tests – Each week in AHD, the session starts and ends with board-style questions based on the objectives and pre-reading. At the end of the month, there is a test on the topics and articles of the month.
Annual In-Training Exam – All residents take the ACPs In-Training Exam (ITE) every year as an opportunity to simulate a board exam and track test-taking skills and acquisition of medical knowledge.