Internal medicine residents receive comprehensive training in ambulatory care. A variety of sites and experiences is offered,
and residents have ample opportunity to develop expertise in the care of outpatients.
Community Practice Center
The heart of ambulatory care training takes place in the office practice of Einstein Internal Medicine Associates (EIMA).
The EIMA practice is located in the Community Practice Center, a modern ambulatory care facility that opened in 1998.
The EIMA practice is organized by firm and structured to ensure continuity in patient care and teaching. Every resident has
a panel of patients referred from the Department of Emergency Medicine, inpatient services and other outpatient practices.
Residents share responsibility for their firms? outpatients and provide coverage for their firm colleagues. Full-time faculty
members of the Division of General Internal Medicine supervise patient care in EIMA and conduct daily outpatient teaching
rounds.
Office Practice Preceptorship
The Department of Medicine’s network of community-based teaching practices offers an outstanding opportunity for medical residents
to gain first-hand experience in the practice of primary care or a subspecialty of internal medicine. As clinical practice
associates, medical residents participate in a full spectrum of activities in these busy offices. The office practice preceptorship
ensures that residents develop the clinical, interpersonal and managerial skills essential for success in outpatient practice.
Ambulatory Geriatrics
The geriatrics rotation includes experience in office practice, home care, nursing home rounds and hospice care. Residents
work closely with full-time faculty and participate in the geriatric assessment team. Additional sites include Golden Slipper
Uptown Home and Willowcrest Center for Subacute Care.
Specialty Ambulatory Care Rotations
The specialty ambulatory care rotation includes a defined curriculum, selected readings and clinical experience in ambulatory
care. The rotation encompasses endocrinology, neurology, dermatology, ophthalmology, ENT and women’s health. Experience in
office procedures may include flexible sigmoidoscopy, spirometry, stress testing and others.
Senior residents are encouraged to elect additional ambulatory care experiences to meet their learning objectives. Medical
residents can achieve added competence in a variety of specific skills, including exercise stress testing, spirometry, women’s
health, travel medicine and office orthopaedics.
Dermatology
A month-long experience in dermatology is offered as an elective. Residents have the opportunity to evaluate and treat patients
with a variety of skin disorders. Residents work directly under the supervision of Board certified dermatologists.
Internal medicine residents receive comprehensive training in ambulatory care. A variety of sites and experiences is offered,
and residents have ample opportunity to develop expertise in the care of outpatients.
