Internal Medicine Curriculum

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PGY-1 Categorical Year
Wards 6 blocks q 5 night call
Sub-Specialty Clinic 2 blocks no call
ICU 2 blocks q 3-5 night call
GI or Heme/Onc 1 block no call
Emergency Department 1 block 15-10 hr shifts and 1-12hr EMS ride-out
Behavioral Med/Psychiatry 1 block
PGY-1 Preliminary Year
Wards 5 blocks q 5 night call
Sub-Specialty Clinic 2 blocks no call
ICU 1 block q 3-5 night call
GI or Heme/Onc or Renal 1 block no call
Neurology 1 block rotating pager call, weekends off
Emergency Department 1 block 15-10 hr shifts and 1-12hr EMS ride-out
Elective 1 block no call
Behavioral Med/Psychiatry 1 block
PGY-2 Year
Wards 4 blocks q 5 night call
Clinic 2 blocks no call
ICU 1 block q 3-5 night call
Medicine Consults 1 block 2 weekends/month, q 4 night pager call
Hospitalist 1 block 2 weekends/month, q 4 night pager call
Elective 1 block no call
GI or Heme/Onc or Renal 1 block no call
Pulmonary 1 block no call
Cardiology 1 block no call
PGY-3 Year
Wards 1 block q 5 night call
Hospitalist 2 block 2 weekends/month, q 4 night pager call
Ambulatory Care Block 2 1/3 blocks no call
ICU 1 block q 3-5 night call
Elective 1 block no call
Infectious Diseases 1 block no call
Nightfloat 1 1/3 blocks 5 nights per wk: no daytime
Neurology 1 blocks 2-3 weekends per month
Geriatric Medicine 1 block no call
Admitting Resident 11/3 blocks 2 weekends/month, q 4 night pager call

Training Sites
University Medical Center at Brackenridge - Residents are based at University Medical Center at Brackenridge, the state's oldest public hospital, now leased by the Seton Family of Hospitals. A well-respected surgical and acute care hospital, Brackenridge serves as the area's only trauma center. It is also the safety net hospital for the medically indigent of Travis County. The Emergency Department evaluates more than 100,000 patients per year. The innovative rotation schedule emphasizes community health and the primary care of adult patients.

Continuity Clinics

PGY 1:

  • Each Categorical PGY-1 is assigned to a continuity clinic which they attend weekly during all rotations except for their ICU months.

PGY 2 & 3:

  • The resident continues to attend their continuity clinic once a week until the completion of their residency
  • During these two years they are also assigned to a second clinic, where they see a second panel of patients.
Contact Us

Mike Narvaez, Program Coordinator
E-mail: mnarvaez@seton.org

Address
601 E. 15th St.
Austin, TX 78701

Telephone
512-324-8355

Fax
512-477-8933

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