Curriculum

Curriculum Overview

Welcome to the Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum at our program. Below you'll find an overview of the structured educational experiences designed to support resident learning, clinical reasoning, and professional growth.

Morning Report

Morning Report takes place every Tuesday and Thursday morning. Attendance is mandatory for all internal medicine residents, medical students, and off-service residents on internal medicine teams. Sessions focus on diagnostic dilemmas, interesting inpatient cases, and cases in progress. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience actively with questions throughout the session.

Noon Didactics 

Every Wednesday afternoon, residents participate in structured didactic sessions. These sessions are in-person and mandatory for all internal medicine residents and medical students, except those on ICU, night float, vacation, or away rotations. Each block follows a consistent format, which includes MKSAP or ACP board prep,SIM Training, Yale Curriculum outpatient topics, Wellness-focused discussions, Journal Club, and Jeopardy sessions.  We are working to develop a POCUS curriculum for our faculty and residents 

Educational content is based on ABIM recommendations and in-training exam data. Sessions span key specialties such as cardiology, hematology/oncology, endocrinology, pulmonology, infectious disease, gastroenterology, nephrology, rheumatology, neurology, psychiatry, geriatrics, and others. 

Journal Club

Journal Club is held regularly as part of the Noon Didactics series. 

MKSAP/ACP Board Preparation

Board preparation sessions take place during the first three Wednesdays of each block. Sessions are focused on core topics like cardiology, nephrology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and infectious disease.

Simulation Lab

Simulation training, including procedural simulations and rapid response team (RRT) simulations, is integrated into each block. Procedural sessions are overseen by EM attending with support from the simulation team, and scheduled outside of Wednesday didactics.

Outpatient Yale Curriculum

Residents participate in outpatient-focused sessions using the Yale Primary Care Curriculum. Sessions occur 1 to 3 times per block, featuring rotating preceptors from various resident clinics. Each session incorporates MKSAP-style questions to reinforce learning.

Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds are held monthly in the hospital auditorium. These interdisciplinary lectures are open to all residency programs. 

Morbidity & Mortality Conferences

M&M sessions are held every 4 to 6 weeks. These conferences offer residents an opportunity to analyze complex cases and discuss quality improvement initiatives.

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We are a 3-year ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine Training Program. Each year consists of 13 four-week blocks as follows:

PGY-1

• Orientation / Bootcamp – St. Joseph’s Medical Center 
• Cardiology - San Joaquin Cardiology Medical Group and Stockton Cardiology Medical Group
• Critical Care Medicine – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Endocrinology – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Hematology-Oncology – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Infectious Disease – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Internal Medicine – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Nephrology – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Night Float – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
  
• Pulmonology – St. Joseph’s Medical Center

PGY-2

• Ambulatory Rotation/Addiction Medicine- VA Health system, French Camp 
• Cardiovascular Disease – Pacific Heart & Vascular, San Joaquin Cardiology Medical Group and Stockton Cardiology Medical Group
• Critical Care Medicine – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Elective 
• Emergency Department – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Gastroenterology – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Internal Medicine – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Neurology – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Night Float – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Rheumatology – Touro University Medical Group , Stockton

PGY-3

• Critical Care Medicine – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Electives
• Geriatrics – Kaiser Permanente Central Valley and Fresno
• Internal Medicine – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Palliative Medicine – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
• Sleep Medicine and Pulmonology – Pacific Sleep Disorders Center