Patient Care
By the end of training, the resident will:

• Perform and document a complete history and physical appropriate to the clinical situation.
• Formulate a complete differential diagnosis and utilize appropriate diagnostic testing to make an accurate diagnosis
• Develop and implement a care plan for each patient based on their clinical problem and stratified by acuity of disease.

Medical Knowledge
By the end of training, the resident will:

• Learn the diagnosis, complications and management of common Internal medicine illnesses in the various settings in which they practice - hospital, cinic, intensive care unit, emergency department.
• Recognize, elicit and understand the pathophysiologic basis of common physical findings.
• Understand and utilize appropriate care guidelines as they pertain to specific diagnoses.

Communication
By the end of training, the resident will:

• Be able to negotiate a plan of care that accounts for the wishes and preferences of patients and their family members.
• Have a broad repertoire of communication styles to allow one to work productively with many different people and situations.
• Understand one's own personal reactions to different situations and have a strategy for responding to them.