The mission of the Department of Preventive Medicine and its Residency Programs is to provide an organized educational training program in general preventive medicine and public health science and internal medicine/preventive medicine; to train public health workforce and health professionals with skills and competencies required to engage in public health practice; and to train highly skilled physicians knowledgeable about all aspects of preventative medical practice both on an individual and population level.
Listed below is the program structure of the combined IM/PM Residency Program. Each school/work year is comprised of 13 rotation blocks, with each block about 4 weeks/1 month in length. One block (4 weeks) is vacation, taken in two 2-week blocks. During the academic/MPH year, residents take vacation blocks that coincide with vacation periods of the Yale School of Public Health.
Program Structure/Sample Schedule
Year 1: PGY-1 (Clinical Year)
July 1st-June 30th:
- Internal Medicine Internship (12 rotation blocks of clinical rotations and 1 vacation block)
- Continuity primary care throughout the academic year
Year 2: PGY-2 (Clinical Year)
July 1st-June 30th:
- Approximately 8 blocks of inpatient medicine
- 1 block of Geriatrics
- 1 block of ambulatory medicine
- 1 block of Internal Medicine electives
- 1 block of Preventive Medicine practicum rotations
- 1 block of vacation (taken in 2 week blocks)
- Continuity primary care throughout the academic year
July 1-August 31:
- Master of Public Health (MPH) Summer Session
September 1-May 15:
- Fall and Spring semesters of the MPH with MPH Practicum requirement typically completed at the New Haven Health Department
May 15-June 30:
- Internal Medicine Inpatient rotations
Continuity primary care throughout the academic year
1 month of vacation that coincides with the YSPH vacation periods (taken in 2 week blocks)
Year 4: PGY-4 (PM Practicum Phase)
July 1st-June 30th:
- Approximately 3.5 blocks of inpatient Internal Medicine
- 1 block of other Internal Medicine rotations
- 1 block vacation (taken in 2 week blocks)
- 7.5 blocks of Preventive Medicine Practicum rotations
- Continuity primary care throughout the academic year
How to Apply
The IM/PM Residency Program accepts three residents per year. Combined IM/PM residents match to the Residency Program through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Applications are submitted through Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) , a service of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The NRMP No. for the program is 1977751C0. Applicants interested in Cancer Prevention should use this same NRMP no.