Griffin Hospital offers a unique, four-year training program that combines Internal Medicine residency with Preventive Medicine residency (IM/PM). Residents in this program obtain a Masters of Public Health (MPH) from the Yale School of Public Health.
The combined IM/PM program cultivates expertise in clinical decision-making and patient care, while developing skills in research methodology, teaching, community-based health promotion and epidemiology. The Griffin Hospital-Yale University Residency Programs combine the academic advantages of an internationally recognized university medical center with an excellent community hospital. At Griffin Hospital, residents are provided with a rigorous teaching program in a personalized, nurturing, and stimulating environment. While training at Yale, residents have access to the resources and benefits of a tertiary care institution, and to the expertise of internationally-renowned faculty.
Why choose Combined Training?
- Rigorous, well-rounded training
- Internal Medicine training
- Preventive Medicine training
- Master of Public Health (fully supported tuition)
- Ability to pursue research studies and grants
- Ability to thrive in Academic faculty work
- Skills
- Evidence-based Medicine
- Understand and apply public health, population health, and epidemiologic principles
- Ability to read, review, and publish scientific literature
- Behavior modification, counseling, and preventing disease
- Assess and implement population-based programs
Benefits of Combined Training:
Combination careers with opportunities to impact individuals and populations:
- Internal medicine
- Primary care
- Hospitalist
- Sub-specialty training
- Public health/Preventive Medicine
- Federal government
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- National Institutes of Health
- International health work
- NGOs: World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Academic Faculty
- Managed care/health insurance
- Population Health Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Administration
- Pharmaceutical Industry