The Department of Medicine at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has been training physicians in internal medicine for more than fifty years. During this time it has established a reputation as a superior clinical training program which prepares physicians for careers in general internal medicine (primary care and hospitalist), subspecialty medicine, research, and academic medicine. Our Vision Statement encompasses our values of education, service and support:
“We are dedicated to empowering residents and faculty through education, mentorship and the promotion of innovative leadership”
This commitment to medical education has led residents to have very successful matches in subspecialty fellowships and careers in medicine. Below are the fellowships our residents have obtained over the years:
- Allergy and Immunology (UCSF)
- Cardiology (USC, UC Irvine, Univ. of New Mexico, Dartmouth, Harvard)
- Critical Care Medicine (Stanford)
- Endocrinology (Stanford, UCSD, Harbor-UCLA, Mayo Clinic)
- Gastroenterology (Stanford, UCSF, UCLA, Univ. of New Mexico)
- Geriatrics (UCSF, UCSD)
- Hematology and Oncology (Stanford, UC Davis)
- HIV Medicine (UCSF)
- Infectious Diseases (Stanford)
- Nephrology (Stanford)
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (Stanford, California Pacific)
- Rheumatology (Stanford)
The remainder of our graduates have pursued jobs in primary care or as hospitalists. Most choose jobs within the Bay Area, having received multiple job offers - please click here to see Life after Residency.
As the public hospital for one of the most diverse counties in the United States, SCVMC serves a patient population of incredible variety in culture, language, economic background, and medical problems. Besides giving our residents an opportunity to learn about and care for all common internal medicine problems, most esoteric medical problems, and medical problems faced by underserved or never served populations, the patients teach the residents much about the diversity of human experience. SCVMC residents constantly experience the deep satisfaction involved in caring for patients who are truly needy and extremely grateful for medical care. The residency teaching program is primarily case-based and this patient population provides an unlimited opportunity to learn more.
While the teaching at SCVMC is largely case-based, the residency program also employs a formal, written curriculum to ensure that residents receive an educational experience that is both broad and in-depth. Our faculty publishes an online, interactive, evidence-based, inpatient medicine teaching curriculum that is used on the wards at SCVMC, as well as by attendings in other internal medicine residency programs. Click here to view the website, Professor EBM.
Beginning in 2008, we implemented a new curricular innovation, the Individualized Learning Pathway (ILP). The ILP is a 2-year curriculum that allows interns, towards the completion of their first year, to choose a specific pathway or area of interest. The goals of the pathways are to allow residents a greater flexibility with individualizing their educational goals, pursue career specific paths, or gain greater exposure to areas of interest. We currently have 5 pathways - Ambulatory Medicine, Hospital-Based Medicine, Social Medicine, Research Medicine and the Traditional Categorical Medicine pathway - with plans to add Physician Leadership & Administration and Community Partnership & Advocacy pathways in the future. The ILP will be directly linked to our Mentorship Program to help foster collegiality and support. Each pathway is designed to afford the resident greater exposure in a specific area of interest in internal medicine. Our newest pathway set to begin in July 2010, the Research Medicine Pathway, is also designed to encourage academic scholarship in the pursuit of fellowship training. Click here for more information on the "Pathways" curriculum. and click here for more information on the Research Medicine Pathway.
Strong institutional support for the training program, modern facilities, and an experienced and committed faculty of clinician/ educators in subspecialty medicine and general internal medicine combine to provide a unique environment for residency training. A new, out-patient specialty center opened February 2009 and we have begun construction on a 272-bed state-of-the-art hospital scheduled to open in 2013. SCVMC is expanding further into our community with new out-patient clinics opening up in Sunnyvale (2009) and Milpitas (2010) to complement our already existing 7 satellite clinics spread throughout the county. There are 60 medical housestaff in the categorical and preliminary programs. We also maintain a close affiliation with Stanford University School of Medicine and its training programs which augments what is available at SCVMC and allows residents to expand their experience to a tertiary care type setting. Click here for more information on SCVMC and her role in the community. Feel free to contact us if you have questions or want further information.
YOU
ARE HERE › Santa Clara Valley Medical Center - SCVMC (DEP)
›
Residency Programs
›
Residency - Medicine
/images/MedicineResidents2007.gif)
Back to Top