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At Legacy Internal Medicine Residency Program, we emphasize academic excellence throughout the training experience, offering a learning environment that balances the personal and professional needs of our house staff.  Residents are exposed to a diverse learning environment that includes 2 hospitals and five clinics.  All hospitalist physicians are core teaching faculty for the inpatient resident service . We have completely integrated evidence-based curriculum in each rotation UpToDate, MD Consult, OVID and online journals on computers throughout the hospitals and clinics.Scholarship and quality improvement projects are completed by every resident.

Legacy Research offers abundant research opportunities. Our residents have published in the New England Journal of Medicine and other prestigious journals. Visiting professors are supported by a well-endowed visiting professor fund, nationally known scholars visit quarterly.
Third and fourth year medical students on rotations in both Legacy hospitals each month, plus a medicine sub-internship and an ICU rotation for eligible fourth year students.
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  • Resident Benefits  ( 1 items )
    Resident Benefits
  • Curriculum  ( 6 items )

    Discover Outstanding Training

    "We believe that training should prepare the mind without
    exhausting the spirit."  Stephen R. Jones, MD, FACP

    Your training includes nationally known faculty of experienced
    physicians dedicated to teaching:
    *Curriculum tailored towards your career goals
    *High success rates in competitive fellowship matching
    *Resident and faculty camaraderie and collegiality
    *Resident well-being program with quarterly retreats
    *Family-friendly schedule

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    Teaching Conferences

  • IM Schedule  ( 2 items )

    "We believe that training should prepare the mind without
    exhausting the spirit." 
    Stephen R. Jones, MD, FACP
    Program Director

  • Medical Scholarship  ( 3 items )
    Medical Scholarship

     

     

    The medical scholarship program increases our residents' familiarity with clinical research methodology and application of the medical literature. Residents are required to:

    • Conduct a medical scholarship project on a topic of their choice
    • Work with a team on a quality improvement project
    • Deliver a Senior Grand Rounds presentation

     

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    Fellowships

     

     

    The internal medicine training program at Emanuel and Good Samaritan Hospitals has had tremendous success in placing residents in fellowships. In many instances, our graduates have received offers from more than one fellowship program.
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    Student Opportunities

    Our program has a strong commitment to medical student teaching. Both Legacy Emanuel and Good Samaritan hospitals regularly host visiting medical students from around the country, in addition to students from Oregon Health & Science University who routinely rotate to Legacy.

  • How to Apply  ( 1 items )

    Internal Medicine Residency Application Process

    Applications to our program are accepted via ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) - http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm . Paper applications will not be accepted. Please contact your Dean's Office or the ERAS website for information about applying to ERAS. We participate in the National Resident Matching Program and do not offer pre-match positions.

    Please contact our Program Coordinator at imres@lhs.org with further questions.
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