Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum – Norton

Norton Community Hospital

The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Norton Community Hospital is a traditional track three-year training program.

Curriculum by year

  • 16 weeks of inpatient medicine (hospitalist)
  • 4 weeks of critical care
  • 4 weeks of inpatient (orientation)
  • 4 weeks of nephrology
  • 4 weeks of infectious disease
  • 4 weeks of pulmonology
  • 4 weeks of night float
  • 4 weeks of hematology/oncology
  • 4 weeks of electives

Out rotations qualify for mileage reimbursement.

  • 12 weeks of inpatient medicine (hospitalist)
  • 4 weeks of ICU
  • 4 weeks of cardiology (VA)
  • 4 weeks of gastroenterology
  • 4 weeks of neurology
  • 4 weeks of continuity (walk-in) clinic
  • 4 weeks of night float
  • 2 weeks of research
  • 2 weeks of palliative
  • 12 weeks of electives

Out rotations qualify for mileage reimbursement.

  • 12 weeks of inpatient medicine (hospitalist)
  • 4 weeks of ICU
  • 4 weeks of rheumatology
  • 4 weeks of endocrinology
  • 4 weeks of addiction medicine
  • 4 weeks of geriatric medicine
  • 8 weeks of night float
  • 2 weeks of research
  • 2 weeks of selective
  • 8 weeks of elective

Out rotations qualify for mileage reimbursement.

  • Selective options:
    • Radiology
    • Wound care
    • Continuity clinic
  • Elective options
    • Inpatient cardiology
    • Anesthesia
    • Interdisciplinary leadership
    • Pulmonology/Critical care (ETSU)
    • Pain management and rehabilitation services
    • Clinical informatics

Residents can choose electives in any “required” rotation for additional experience.

Didactic Schedule

  • Targeted Learning Objectives and Guideline Based Teaching – Reviewing highest yield information in a setting where residents and attendings give their input, targeting MKSAP and guideline based medical knowledge from IDSA, CHEST, AHA, ASN, for ABIM and enhancement of medical knowledge.
  • Ambulatory Medicine Series – Real or clinical pearls and developing framework for common problems encountered in the outpatient setting with focus on specialist input, such as cardiology, pulmonary or palliative care
  • Point of care ultrasound series (POCUS) – Introductory lectures and workshop sessions with hand on ultrasound training to enhance the ultrasound skills used in residency programs
  • Simulation labs & Code Blue training – Practical training skills to enhance skills such as intubation, central lines, needle decompression, lumbar puncture and arterial blood gas.
  • Practice Changing updates – Topics covered outside of traditional medicine (billing, note writing, financial planning, hospice, resources, etc.)
  • Interactive series & games – Interactive case presentations from leading, cutting edge software such as Human Dx, NEJM Resident 360+; games, including medical trivia, medical jeopardy, medical who wants to be a millionaire, medical spin the wheel for interactive learning and team based environment
  • Board Review – Using high yield resources which are available to every resident for board exams such as UWorld, MKSAP, NEJM, AMBOSS, board review
  • Morbidity & Mortality Review – Excellent learning opportunities to review from adverse patient outcome in a protected learning environment
  • More than Medicine – Topics covered up outside of traditional medicine which prepared residents for real world practice such as billing, coding, financial planning and more
  • Reserved wellness days – Wellness activities from the Social and Wellness Committee

Didactic overview [PDF]

Day-to-day schedule

  • Monday – Targeted learning objectives and guidline-based teaching
  • Tuesday – More than medicine topic, practice changing updates
  • Wednesday – Interactive series and games, case presentations by residents and students
  • Thursday – Targeted learning objectives, ambulatory medicine series, reserve wellness days
  • Friday – Board review, morbidity and mortality review

American Board of Internal Medicine policies & procedures for certification

As of November 2024, in addition to the primary certificate in internal medicine, ABIM certifies physicians in the following subspecialties:

  • Adolescent medicine
  • Adult congenital heart disease
  • Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Clinical cardiac electrophysiology
  • Critical care medicine
  • Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism
  • Gastroenterology
  • Geriatric medicine
  • Hematology
  • Hospice and palliative medicine
  • Infectious disease
  • Interventional cardiology
  • Medical oncology
  • Nephrology
  • Neurocritical care
  • Pulmonary disease
  • Rheumatology
  • Sleep medicine
  • Transplant hepatology

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