Research
All residents will participate in scholarly activity, which may
include conducting extensive reviews of medical literature,
reporting interesting clinical cases at regional or national academic
societies, or conducting original medical research under the guidance of a
faculty mentor. Extensive research opportunities are available at
the RAHC research facility in Edinburg or at the UTHSCSA campus.
Upperlevel Residents compete for Kleberg Research Scholarship, which
includes a $10,000 stipend. We have eight Kleberg's scholars for AY
04-05.
Outpatient Medicine
General medicine outpatient
experiences include continuity clinic, held at least one-half day per
week over the three years of training, and month-long ambulatory care
rotations dedicated to outpatient internal medicine practice. The
three-year program also provides outpatient training in the specialties of
dermatology, emergency medicine, geriatrics, infectious diseases, men's
and women's health, oncology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, ophthalmology,
psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine.
Electives
Elective
months allow each resident to individualize his/her medical training.
Residents may choose to obtain additional experience in primary care or a
medical subspecialty of interest, to learn principles of public
health through community outreach projects, or to perform basic science or
clinical research. The extensive resources of the RAHC and the UTHSCSA
can accommodate almost any request.
Conferences
All residents
obtain a solid foundation in basic sciences, pathophysiology of disease,
and core topics in general internal medicine through mini-lectures and morning reports,
weekly Medical Grand Rounds, core noontime lectures, and monthly Morbidity and
Mortality. Our residents learn to lead the medical team through
Multidisciplinary Rounds (once a week) and to practice evidence-based
medicine through faculty-supervised Journal Club (once a week). Our
faculty physicians provide hands-on instruction in interviewing and
examination skills and careful mentoring in the professional and
humanistic practice of medicine through Inpatient Wards Teaching Rounds.
Morning Events:
- Journal Club - Every Mondays 8-9 am
- Mini Lectures - Every Tuesday and Thursday's from 7:30 - 8 a.m.
- Morning Reports - Every Tuesday and Thursday's 8-9 am
- Grand Rounds - Every Wed. - 8-9 am
- ICU Presentations - Every Thursday's 8-9 am
- Hospitalist Presentations - Every Friday 8-9 am
Noon Conferences:
- Core Lectures Every Tuesday's, Thursday's and Fridays - 12- 1p.m.
- Multiple Disciplinary Rounds for Ward & Hospitalist Team's - Every Wed. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
- Resident Conferences - 1 Per Month
- M&M Conference - 1 Per Month
Fellowship Programs
As a graduate of a UTHSCSA program, you will be competitive for
fellowship programs throughout the nation. Our subspecialty rotations
prepare you for fellowship training through one-on-one mentoring
by experienced board-certified specialists. You will be first in line to
perform procedures usually left to fellowship trainees under the expert
guidance and supervision of our faculty. Our associated campus in San
Antonio also offers resident electives and fellowship training in
programs nationally recognized for their quality in both clinical teaching
and research. Fellowships are offered in all major medical subspecialties.
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