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Residency

College

  • Center City Campus
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Tracks

Categorical

Primary Care

Program Length

3 years

 

Program Type

  • On Campus


Requirements

Applicant Information

Program Information

Name: Deborah Richards, MS
Position: Residency Coordinator, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Organization: Department of Medicine

Categorical Track

Internal Medicine Residency

The 3-year Internal Medicine Residency, (the Categorical pathway), training program at Thomas Jefferson University provides a comprehensive and well-balanced clinical experience. During each postgraduate year, house officers care for patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and at Methodist Hospital, a local community hospital, which is a division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. This combination of primary and tertiary care is an integral part of our program, producing residents equally prepared for subspecialty training, general medical practice and academic medicine.

Throughout the program, house officers are expected to assume primary responsibility for the care of all patients on their service. The intern and resident, with the help of third- and fourth-year medical students, work as a team in making diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. The medical resident fulfills the role of team leader while the medical intern is responsible for primary patient care. The level of responsibility is commensurate with the house officer's clinical experience, allowing for a natural progression from graduating medical student to mature and confident clinician.