Preliminary Residents

Our program prides itself on providing preliminary residents with thoughtful training designed to provide a solid foundation for their future practice. 

  • All rotations/blocks are 3 weeks in duration. The breakdown of rotations and number of blocks spent in each is as follows:

Rotation/Block:

Weeks:

Ambulatory Medicine

12 (4 blocks)

Inpatient wards/Night float

27 (9 blocks)

Medical ICU

3

Medicine subspecialty (mix of inpatient and outpatient)

9 (3 blocks)

Vacation

3
  • Preliminary residents will work in teams with Categorical residents in all rotations except subspecialty blocks (when there is only one resident on at a time).
  • Compared to the Categorical resident schedule, the Preliminary schedule:
    • Contains 1 additional inpatient block
    • Contains 1 less subspecialty block
  • Preliminary residents do not have a continuity primary care clinic. They will only work in the primary care clinic during their Ambulatory Medicine block.
  • Preliminary residents will attend all didactics with their categorical resident counterparts. Please see the “Didactic Curriculum” page for more details.