Internal Medicine/Pediatric Program
The combined Medicine/Pediatric Training Program at the University of Utah is an exciting four-year program designed to train physicians with competency in pediatrics and internal medicine. The commitment to further increase our primary care training base makes this program an ideal alternative to the traditional family medicine training program. The graduates of this program are a new group of clinicians and academicians, the so-called “bridging” subspecialists, with clinical competence in both adult and childhood diseases.The program is divided into alternating blocks on internal medicine and pediatrics. Rotations are organized throughout the last three years (PGY-2, 3 and 4) of the program such that every third month is an ambulatory/subspecialty rotation which combines both internal medicine and pediatric experiences of a general and/or subspecialty nature. When feasible and appropriate, related internal medicine and pediatric experiences are scheduled together to facilitate cohesive education. Core inpatient rotations and other requirements are scheduled for the other two months of the three-month block.
Continuity clinics are held two half days per week through all four years of training. All of our residents have at least one of their half day clinics at the combined med/peds clinic at the University of Utah Health Network Clinics.
The program has an excellent record of educating primary care practitioners in med/peds, as well as those who have pursued further training. Please also visit the Medicine/Pediatrics Program Web-Site.
