Curriculum and Conferences

Our curriculum spans across the spectrum of internal medicine, sub-specialty medicine, and those non-internal medicine specialties, including Anesthesia, Neurology, Dermatology, PM&R, Radiology and Ophthalmology.

During clinic blocks there is a focus on primary care for categorical interns and a focus on urgent and sub-specialty for preliminary interns.

Examples Of Annual Rotation Block Schedules

PGY-1 

• Medicine wards (5-6 months)
• Night-Float (1-2 months)
• ICU (2 months) (2-3 months for preliminary residents)
• Electives (5 weeks) (2 two week blocks 1 one week rotation)
• Emergency Medicine (4 weeks) (required for anesthesia residents only)
• Continuity Clinic Blocks (4-5 single weeks)

PGY-2 

• Medicine Wards (4 months)
• Night-Float (1 month) (one 3 week and 1 week block)
• ICU (1.5-2 months)
• Emergency medicine at SFGH (3 weeks) 
• Pulmonary (3 weeks)
• Cardiology (3 weeks)
• Renal (3 weeks) (St. Mary’s or San Francisco General Hospital)
• Hem-Onc (3 weeks) (St. Mary’s or San Francisco General Hospital)
• Ambulatory Block (3-6 weeks)
• Continuity Clinic (13 single week blocks)

PGY-3 

• Medicine wards (3-4 months)
• Night-Float (4-6 weeks)
• ICU (1 month)
• Geriatrics (Multisite rotation in San Francisco) (3 weeks)
• Neurology (San Francisco General Hospital) (3 weeks) 
• Rheum (Alameda County Med. Center) (3 weeks) 
• Anesthesia (2 weeks)
• Ophthalmology or Women’s Health (2 weeks)
• Endocrine (San Francisco General Hospital) (3 weeks)
• GI (2-3 weeks)
• Research (2-3 weeks) (Program Director approval required)
• Ambulatory Block (3-6 weeks)
• Continuity Clinic (13 single week blocks)