We offer outstanding training to prepare you for independent practice at the end of the 3 years. You will learn how to be a physician leader, who will practice evidenced-based medicine lifelong, with a particular emphasis on learning to transform the healthcare systems to become patient centered, safe, and efficient through all aspects of your training and especially during the SQUIL (Safety, Quality, Utilization, Innovation & Leadership) curriculum. You will learn how to promote the health and wellness of your community through the amazing resources at GBMC including faculty and understanding how social determinants of health impact our patients.

There are 17 PGY-1 positions available:

• 13 categorical Primary Care: NRMP#1241140M0
• 4 preliminary: NRMP #1241140P0

There are a total of 275 acute care licensed beds.

Approximately 23,000 admission and 52,000 ER visits

Average intern census is 5-7 patients. Resident team census is capped at 14 patients.
Interns admit no more than 5 patients. This may include 2 transfers from the ICU.

In the past five years our graduates have pursued the following career paths:

• 15% pursued careers as Primary Care Physicians.
• 30% practice as Hospitalist Physicians.
• 45% entered Fellowship Training.

*We have NO 24-hour calls*

We have Jeopardy Call, evenly distributed throughout the year Outpatient Senior Resident carries the Clinic Phone for after-hour emergency calls for one week every 6 weeks. The number of daily calls range from zero to four.

All rotations have at least 1 day off per week.

Core and Night Rotation schedules:

• Medical Floors:
  • During the general floor months, PGY-1 residents alternate between short call (6:30am to 4:00pm) and long call (6:30am to 7pm).
• ICU:
  • Main rotations occur each year. The interns and residents work 7am to 7pm on their rotation.
• ICU Nights:
  • PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents spend a total of 4 weeks each of ICU nights in two (2) 2-week blocks. ICU night rotation is from 7pm to 7am. Night Float
  • PGY-1 residents have 2 weeks of night float in the second half of their year.
  • PGY-2 residents have one 2-week block of night float in the first half of the year.
  • PGY-3 residents do a total of two 2-week blocks of Night STARS throughout the year

We have a wide variety of educational opportunities at GBMC:

• Clinical Reasoning Conference: Monday–Wednesday
• Grand Rounds: Friday
• Didactic Conference: Monday–Thursday
• ICU & Inpatient Lecture Series: During each rotation
• Outpatient Curriculum: Includes case discussions from Clinical Reasoning Conferences and protected didactic time
• Simulation Center Year-long curriculum for residents and faculty

The 3-year rolling board pass rate is 85%. (National Average: 85%)

All residents have access to many opportunities for scholarly work. Some examples include Quality & Improvement projects, ACP poster and oral presentations, and JCHIMP, a peer-reviewed journal.

Our library is a treasure trove of literature available to our residents with both print and electronic.

Yes! Categorical residents get $1,000. Prelim interns will get $333.

Funds may be used to purchase education material including:

• Medical textbooks(print or electronic)
• Medical apps or subscriptions (e.g. MedStudy, Podcasts, etc)
• Board preparation materials (e.g., question banks, review books)
• Medical calculators or tools (e.g., stethoscopes, otoscopes for educational use)
• Medical society memberships relevant to Internal Medicine

In general, our residents have excellent board scores, averaging in the 240s on both USMLE Step 2 and Step 3. We typically do not grant interviews to candidates who have ever failed any step of the USMLE. Unless an applicant has a particularly superb record, we discourage applicants who have graduated more than 5 years ago.

Our goal is to matriculate the highest quality intern class possible. We frequently have excellent candidates from overseas institutions.

We sponsor J-1 visas. We do not sponsor H-1 visas.

For international medical students, we prefer either externships or medical school rotations in US hospitals, especially those experiences in programs where there are residencies

We have medical students from the University of Maryland Medical School who spend part of their core clinical rotation in Internal Medicine with our floor teams. Unfortunately, we do not offer observerships.