Curriculum

• Hospitalist Service: PGY-1: 16 Weeks, PGY-2 10 Weeks, PGY-3 10 Weeks

• ICU: PGY-1: 4 weeks, PGY-2: 4 Weeks, PGY-3: 4 Weeks

• Floor Night Float: PGY-1: 4 Weeks, PGY-2: 6 Weeks, PGY-3: 6 Weeks

• Continuity Clinic: 2 Days per Academic Block

• Subspecialties:

Addiction Medicine
Cardiology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Rehabilitation
Hematology
Hospice & Palliative Care
Infectious Disease
Nephrology
Neurology
Oncology
Pulmonology
Rheumatology

• Electives include the following:

Additional time in any subspecialty or inpatient
Away Rotation (One away rotation per resident)
Board Review
Hospitalist Medicine
Leadership
Psychiatry Consult
Research
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine

By completing all of your subspecialty requirements during the first two years, we can offer you 18 weeks of electives during PGY-3 year.

Our goal is to prepare you for your future, and the individualized curriculum allows us to design training around you.

• Examples:

• Planning a career in cardiology? We can offer you a longitudinal outpatient experience in a cardiology office for the full PGY-3 year providing you with more clinical experience, more mentorship, and more opportunities to conduct research. We will also offer away electives at preeminent university academic centers to increase your chances of matching into fellowship.

• Planning a career as a hospitalist? We can offer you more time working in the ICU, the ED, or a 1 on 1 experience working alongside a hospitalist on the inpatient floor. We are confident that if you are an outstanding resident, we will want to hire you after graduation to join our hospitalist team.

• Planning a career in primary care? We can offer you a longitudinal experience in the offices of one of our community primary care faculty members. We want you to stay in Delaware after graduation, and we will connect you with physicians in our community who are hiring.

• But what if I’m still undecided or need extra help in one of the specialties? We can assign you additional rotations in any of the subspecialties to boost your knowledge or give you further experience in an area you enjoy.

• Finally this gives us the flexibility to offer you protected time for research projects and board review.

• Academic Afternoon each week featuring presentations on our core curriculum in all subspecialties.

• Seminars. Some topics can’t be covered in an hour. For these we will have small group seminars. Topics will include healthcare disparities, rapid response team training (including simulation workshops), evidence based medicine, residents as leaders, residents as teachers, and business of medicine. These will be taught by our core faculty and invited guest speakers.

• The most important factor in wellness is loving what you do and finding meaning in doing it. Our curriculum is designed to balance the rigor of clinical medicine with the necessity of rest and recovery.

• Administrative Half Day once per block. Think of this as "Catch-Up Time". Need to partner with your colleagues on your PI project? This is the time to do it. Need to do some board review questions? Now you have time on your schedule to do them. Overdue for a PCP appointment, haircut, dog grooming, or oil change? Now you have a half day you know you will be free.

• Each resident can request a faculty “coach” who will provide support and guidance during their three years of training. Each faculty coach will be trained in positive psychology techniques and will be a reliable advocate no matter the circumstances.

• Retreats will be conducted 1-2 times per year of training. We will be staying overnight in one of the beautiful surrounding areas including along the Atlantic Coast and Chesapeake Bay. Topics focused on will include emotional intelligence, team building, and resilience. They will also be fun and a time to get to know your residents and program leadership on a personal level.