Internal Medicine Residency

UMDNJ-SOM's Department of Medicine offers an internal medicine specialty track internship and a residency program that consists of a traditional medicine track and a newly developed, federally-funded primary care track.  An internal medicine/emergency medicine program is also available in conjunction with the Department of Emergency Medicine.  Fellowship opportunities exist in cardiology, critical care medicine, gastroenterology, geriatrics, infectious diseases, nephrology, and pulmonary medicine.  Currently there are 16 interns, 36 residents and 24 fellows totaling 76 housestaff members.  Within the residency, there are 14 in the internal medicine/emergency medicine program.

Historically, UMDNJ-SOM's residency training program has been designed to prepare its graduates for careers either in general internal medicine or the subspecialties. Over the past 10 years, 40 percent of graduates have pursued careers as general internists and 60 percent have gone on to subspecialty training.  Graduates of the residency have reported an 88 percent first time pass rate on their AOBIM examination. 

In the traditional medicine track, the first year focuses on general internal medicine, cardiology, and intensive care, with a second year focus on the subspecialties.  Continuity care experiences in ambulatory settings are available throughout the training.  The primary care track offers more intensive clinical exposure to primary care-related disciplines and has a special focus on underserved and high-risk populations such as the elderly, the uninsured, and the developmentally disabled.  The primary care track also offers increased opportunities for ambulatory and continuity experiences, including sites at long term care facilities and ambulatory sites in rural and urban areas.