Baptist Health UAMS GME

Rotations and Training

IM Resident Rotations

The IM program rotations are designed to meet the comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and specialty specific rotation requirements of the Categorical Internal Medicine Residency in a clinically diverse population on the Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Our diverse resident classes represent a mature, professional, excellence –driven group of physicians who work well together under the guidance of clinical teaching faculty, resident-advisor faculty and support from Baptist Health leadership on campus and the Baptist Health-University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences educational consortium. 

With the need to provide organized, team-based care that improves patient satisfaction, outcomes and impacts cost, the program is designed with emphasis on team-care management and post-acute care management of high risk populations including geriatrics.

Addressing population health, tools for self-reflection on one’s clinical practice improvement and reaching rural populations with equipment such as telehealth are integrated into the IM resident rotation schedule. Formally mentored QI projects using Lean Six Sigma methodology with an emphasis on patient safety issues and populations with health care disparities needs are integrated with resident lead roles in Baptist Health North Little Rock administration- identified and approved QI or health care disparities projects.  

Our PGY2s and PGY3s are provided with elective time and the flexibility to fashion their own career path under the guidance of faculty mentors. Opportunity to research with support of a PhD level, teaching research specialist hired for the Baptist Health residency programs on the North Little Rock site is available regardless of the career trajectory to hospital medicine, primary care or advanced subspecialty training in fellowship.

Below is the template schedule for the Internal Medicine Residents:

Ambulatory clinics are done on the +2 week of the 4+2 schedule.

The resident clinical rotations are in 2-4 weeks blocks as listed below with a +2 week of outpatient continuity clinic to follow every 5th week throughout the PGY years and outpatient subspecialty clinic, additional office-based practice experiences, time to complete QI projects or outpatient electives.

PGY-1

  • 16 weeks: General Medicine Ward Service/Inpatient Medical consults
  • 4 weeks: MICU (Medical Intensive Care)
  • 4 weeks: Emergency Medicine
  • 2 weeks: Nephrology
  • 2 weeks: Infectious Diseases
  • 2 weeks: Hospice/Palliative Care
  • 2 weeks: Rheumatology
  • 3 weeks: Lines & Anesthesia/Airway
  • 10 weeks: Continuity Clinic
  • 2 weeks: Outpatient Clinic Dermatology, Orthopedics
  • 3 weeks: Outpatient Office Electives or Inpatient* Electives. Outpatient choices include,  
    • Allergy/Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrine, Geriatrics, GI, Heme-Onc, ID, Medicine clinic, Nephrology, Pain Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine, Rheumatology, Women’s Health/Gyne, &  office ENT &  up to 1 week QI project completion

PGY-2

  • 12 weeks: General Medicine Ward Service/Inpatient Medicine consults
  • 4 weeks: MICU (Medical Intensive Care)
  • 4 weeks: CCU   ( Cardiac Intensive Care)
  • 4 weeks: Inpatient Night Team
  • 4 weeks: Cardiology
  • 2 weeks: Endocrinology
  • 2 weeks: Hematology/Oncology
  • 4 weeks: Geriatrics-Memory Clinic/Post-Acute Care/Rehab/Wound Care/LTC/House Calls)
  • 8 weeks: Continuity Clinic
  • 2 weeks office-based elective: Choices include, 
    • Allergy/Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrine, Geriatrics, GI, Heme-Onc, ID, Medicine clinic, Nephrology, Pain Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine, Rheumatology, Women’s Health/Gyne, &  office ENT, office Ortho, office Dermatology &  up to1 week Research/Board Review 
  •  2 weeks electives* @ UAMS or Baptist Health

PGY-3

  • 4 weeks: General Medicine Ward Service/Inpatient Medicine consults
  • 4 weeks: Pulmonary Hospitalist Service
  • 4 weeks: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) –Senior Resident
  • 8 weeks : Inpatient Night Team
  • 2 weeks GI
  • 2 weeks: Neurology
  • 1 week: Behavioral Health
  • 8 weeks: Continuity Clinic
  • 3 weeks Outpatient office-based  Electives: Choices include, 
    • Allergy/Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrine, Geriatrics, GI, Heme-Onc, ID, Medicine clinic, Nephrology, Pain Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine, Rheumatology, Women’s Health/Gyne, &  office ENT, office Ortho, office Dermatology  &  up to 1 week Research/Board Review 
  • 12 weeks: Electives*

*Electives:

  • Behavioral Health/Psych
  • Cardiology
  • Critical Care—Pulmonary
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Geriatrics
  • Gynecology
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Inpatient Hospital Medicine
  • Inpatient Medicine Consults
  • PM&R
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Outpatient Medicine Clinic
  • Palliative Care
  • Pain Medicine
  • Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine
  • Radiology
  • Rheumatology
  • Surgery
  • Other –as approved by the PD