Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum

Didactics/academics

Conference

Our conference schedule provides vital educational exposure to the core curriculum of Internal Medicine. In addition, each resident will be given direct supervision and mentoring in order to achieve academic success and to prepare for boards.

Simulation

Corewell Health Lakeland has established a high-fidelity Simulation Center that provides advanced clinical training for IM residents. Simulation scenarios occur monthly to enhance the residents’ decision-making skills and clinical reasoning.

As an affiliate of and training site for the Statewide Campus System of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine & Central Michigan University College of Medicine, additional resources are available, including electronic library access, research coordinator, statistician, and select live workshops.

  • 24 total positions - 9 per year
  • Applications to the program will be accepted via ERAS at the end of September
  • Interviews will be held from October through January
  • Passing USMLE I/II or COMLEX I/II scores are required
Clinical rotation schedule
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Year 1

This first year provides residents with well-rounded experiences in traditional internship rotations. Residents will develop their core medical knowledge in order to learn the necessary skills to provide Internal Medicine care. The program includes the following in-house block rotations:

  • General medicine - 5 blocks
  • ICU - 1 block
  • Nights - 2 blocks
  • Geriatrics - 1 block
  • Ambulatory continuity clinic - 1 block
  • Pulmonary - 1 block
  • Selective - 1 block
  • Cardiology - 1 block

Year 2

The second year will focus on enhancing skills that will lead to efficiency in managing multiple patients in addition to expanding into more specialties:

  • General Medicine - 3 blocks
  • ICU - 1/2 blocks (6 weeks)
  • Block Nights - 1 block
  • Gastroenterology - 1 block
  • Nephrology - 1 block
  • Ambulatory Continuity Clinic - 1 block
  • Emergency Medicine - 1/2 block (2 weeks)
  • Research - 1 block
  • Cardiology - 1 block
  • Selective - 1 block
  • Elective - 1 block

Year 3

In the final year, the resident will be able to manage a variety of patients leading toward graduation and practice as an independent physician:

  • Internal medicine - 3 blocks
  • Admitting - 1 block
  • ICU - 1 block
  • Nights - 1 block
  • Rheumatology - 1 block
  • Heme/Onc - 1 block
  • Endocrinology - 1 block
  • Infectious disease - 1 block
  • Neurology - 1 block
  • Selective - 1block
  • Elective- 1 block

All three years will include an ambulatory/outpatient clinic (130 half days total). Block nights entail one month of in-house nocturnist care. Call is service related.

Program contact information
Corewell Health
Lakeland Graduate Medical Education
1234 Napier Ave.,
Saint Joseph, MI 49085
phone: 269.982.4941
fax:269.985.4526

Samantha LaBay, DO, Program Director, 
samantha.labay@corewellhealth.org
Kim Wright, Residency Program Manager, 
kimberly.wright6@corewellhealth.org