Program Design
- Core internal medicine rotations that build upon one another and focus on different practice settings such as teaching services, hospitalist services and community hospital setting
- Variety and flexibility for elective rotations
- Unique longitudinal experiences in:
- Practice management and Leadership
- Population health and Value-based care
- Precepting: Numerous opportunities exist to develop preceptor skills by serving as co-preceptor and primary preceptor to P4 students. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a rotation site for students from Campbell University, Wingate University, and High Point University Schools of Pharmacy. The resident also serves as a mentor to P4 students through Student/Resident Lecture Series while on their IMII & IMIV co-precepting rotation block. They will also facilitate a monthly topic discussion throughout the year with learners completing their internal medicine rotations.
- Teaching Certificate: At the beginning of the year, PGY2 residents can enroll in a teaching certificate program if not completed in their PGY1 program. This program is intended to develop the resident’s knowledge, skills, and abilities to teach effectively in a wide variety of settings. The certificate program also aims to enhance the resident’s ability to provide constructive evaluations, as well as incorporate feedback into their own teaching. Many of the residency-required presentations qualify as experiences that help the resident complete the certificate program.
Rotation Experiences (4 weeks)
Required Rotations
- Orientation
- Internal Medicine I: Teaching service
- Internal Medicine II: Teaching service/co-preceptor
- Internal Medicine III: Hospitalist service
- Internal Medicine IV: Teaching service/primary preceptor
- Internal Medicine V: Community hospital
- Medicine Selective (select one):
- Cardiology or Neurology
Elective Rotations
- Ambulatory Care
- Behavioral Health/Psychiatry
- Cardiology (CVICU and or floor cardiology service pending resident interest)
- Critical Care – Medical Intensive Care (MICU)
- Emergency Medicine
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Diseases (Antimicrobial Stewardship, ID Clinic and/or ID consults)
- Neurology
- Population Health/Value-based Care
- Solid Organ Transplant
Elective Learning Experience (2 weeks in December) - may select up to one
- Home Infusion
- Classical Hematology
- Pain Management/Palliative Care
Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences (52 weeks)
- Education (1-2 hours per month pending presentation schedule)
- Written and verbal communication skills are emphasized throughout the program. Some of the presentation experiences include:
- Pharmacotherapy Continuing Education Lecture to the Advocate Health Pharmacy enterprise
- Wake Forest School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program Lecture
- Internal Medicine Physician Resident Core Conference presentation
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine Pharmacology Lecture to 3rd Year Students
- ACCP Adult Medicine PRN electronic journal club
- Disease state topic discussions
- Research poster presentation at ACCP national meeting
- Written and verbal communication skills are emphasized throughout the program. Some of the presentation experiences include:
- Pharmacy Practice Management and Leadership (1-2 hours per month for meetings with pharmacy leader)
- Pharmacy Practice Experience
- Weekend acute care and ICU clinical coverage: one weekend (16 hours) in every 3-week period
- Weekday second clinical coverage: One evening (4 hours) per week
- Population Health/ Value-Based Care (8-16 hours per month [half day in clinic every 1-2 weeks])
- Quality Improvement and Committee Involvement (varies by assignment, 1-2 meeting meetings per month)
- Major Project – 15 project days throughout the year
- The PGY2 internal medicine pharmacy resident will be mentored throughout the completion of an independent major project with a manuscript ready for publication. The resident will work through the formation of a project protocol, defend methods to the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Research Committee, IRB submission, data collection and analysis, and development of a manuscript.
- The PGY2 internal medicine pharmacy resident will be mentored throughout the completion of an independent major project with a manuscript ready for publication. The resident will work through the formation of a project protocol, defend methods to the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Research Committee, IRB submission, data collection and analysis, and development of a manuscript.