Curriculum

The Southwest Indiana Internal Medicine Residency Program strives to develop leaders in the field of internal medicine through a collaborative structure emphasizing our broad scope of training across an environment and a large rural referral center serving 250,000 people in 12 counties.

Didactics

Indiana University Southwest Internal Medicine considers the didactic curriculum a key part of resident education. The importance of this protected learning time is highlighted as a vital aspect of residency training.

Morning Reports

"Morning reports" are scheduled weekdays at Good Samaritan and Ascension St. Vincent inpatient services and Resident Faculty Practices. Morning reports depend on resident contribution and discussion interaction. Primary goal is to cover all common cases being managed in the hospitals and outpatient practices.
Midday Core Curriculum

Core Curriculum Conferences are held Tuesday through Friday, available virtually to all sites, and archived to our web site. Core Curriculum Conferences cover ABIM Blueprint topics with focus on evidence-based medicine guidelines and standards of management. Core faculty and subspecialty faculty discuss a wide range of topics, with resident engagement through question and answer session encouraged.
Evidence Based Journal Club

Journal club is held twice a month. Two Residents each choose a paper to present based on a question surrounding a clinical case. Residents prepare for journal club under the supervision of an Associate Program Director. Residents present the study using the JAMA user's guide format and integrate EBM pearls in the discussion. After presentation of the article, questions and discussion of the article as well as clinical relevance to daily practice is discussed.
The Cardiology resident presents a challenging case managed during the cardiology rotation to a multidisciplinary audience of residents, faculty, cardiologists, cardiology department personnel and nursing staff.
Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Once per month, two Residents each present a case with a focus quality improvement parameter. The Resident works with an Associate Program Director to prepare the case, build a fishbone diagram and perform root cause analysis.

Workshops

POCUS Training: Half day sessions by POCUS trained faculty provide basic instruction of the equipment and utility during hospitalizations and clinic sessions, especially in the Emergency Department, continuity clinic and ICUU.

Skills Training: Half day sessions on various topics such as ENT and ophthalmology exams, as well as medical finance, practice management and retreats to prepare for new responsibilities as residents advance through the program.

Sample Resident Schedule

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
1	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research
2	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research
3	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research
4	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research	ER GSH/SV 100% outpatient 10% research	Night Med GSH/SV 0% outpatient 10% research
5	Inpatient GSH/SV 1 20% outpatient 10% research	MICU GSH/SV 10% outpatient 10% research	MICU GSH/SV 10% outpatient 10% research
6	Inpatient GSH/SV 20% outpatient 10% research	Clinic/ Vacation GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research	Clinic/ Vacation GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research
7	Clinic/ Vacation GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research	Clinic GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research	Clinic GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research
8	Clinic GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research	Clinic GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research	Clinic GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research
9	Clinic GSH/SV 100% outpatient 20% research	Neuro SV 100% outpatient 10% research	Clinic SV 100% outpatient 20% research
10	MICU GSH/SV 10% outpatient 10% research	Geriatric SV 100% outpatient 10% research	Subspecialty SV 100% outpatient 10% research
11	Night Med GSH/SV 0% outpatient 10% research	Subspecialty SV 100% outpatient 10% research	Subspecialty SV 100% outpatient 10% research
12	Subspecialty SV 100% outpatient 10% research	Subspecialty SV 50% outpatient 10% research	Subspecialty SV 50% outpatient 10% research
13	Subspecialty/ Vacation SV 20% outpatient	Subspecialty/ Vacation SV 100% outpatient	Subspecialty/ Vacation SV 100% outpatient

Site Key
GSH = Good Samaritan Hospital
SV = St. Vincent Evansville

Research conducted longitudinally, 20% during ambulatory, 10% other rotations
Opportunities for experiences in allergy/immunology, dermatology, medical ophthalmology, office gynecology, otorhinolaryngology, non-operative orthopedics, palliative medicine, sleep medicine, and rehabilitation medicine, may be done in 1-2 week rotations that replace a subspecialty rotation or be integrated into half-day sessions on ambulatory block rotations.
All residents will do sleep medicine as part of their pulmonary Subspecialty rotations.
Non operative orthopedics will be integrated into Continuity clinic.
Palliative medicine will be integrated into geriatrics but can be a separate extra rotation.