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Curriculum

4+1 Schedule

This residency uses a 4+1 schedule to provide well-rounded, comprehensive clinical experiences. This implies 4 weeks on assignment or rotation and 1 week for the continuity clinic. The 4-week assignments or rotations are generally 2-4 weeks, with some electives and vacation lasting 1 week.

Core Rotation Blocks and Electives (the 6) are scheduled in 2 to 4 week blocks

  • Pulmonary Critical Care (ICU)
  • Pulmonology
  • Inpatient (wards)
  • Night float (wards and ICU)
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Geriatrics
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Rheumatology
  • Nephrology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Endocrinology
  • Neurology

Individualized Education Experiences (IEE), or Elective assignments or rotations.

  • Sports Medicine/Orthopedics
  • Dermatology
  • Allergy/Immunology
  • Acute Care Surgery / Peri-operative Medicine
  • Inpatient Psychiatry
  • Home-based primary care
  • Women’s Health
  • Radiology
  • Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Office-Based Neurosurgery
  • Interventional Pain Management
  • Research Elective
  • Study / Teaching elective

Contact

UAMS College of Medicine Northwest Internal Medicine Residency Program, 4th floor
1125 North College Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72703-1908

email: nwaimresidents@uams.edu

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