Education

The Department is extensively involved in education at all levels

• Medical Students: The Department contributes to one third of all medical student teaching in the School of Medicine
• Residents and fellows: We train 200 postgraduate physicians in our residency and fellowship programs
• We are committed to continuing medical education for physicians in the community through our annual Internal Medicine Course and through many other weekly conferences at the medical center
• Faculty are regularly recognized by multiple teaching awards received each year

Medical Students

• Major participation by the faculty in the new version of the curriculum
• Continued evolution of efforts to encourage students to go into research and to become scientifically literate
• The Department faculty lead the Clinical Scientist Training Program, an initiative to train students to becomes future clinical investigators
• Pathophysiology blocks for medical students are run and taught, for the most part, by our faculty members
• Development of curriculum to teach quality improvement
• Major efforts in teaching Interviewing skills and Physical Diagnosis course
• A large part of the underserved curriculum developed and taught by the faculty

Residency Training

• We recruit top quality graduates into a strong categorical program, featuring ambulatory and hospital based training, as well as into innovative niche programs in women's health, med-peds, geriatrics and global health
• The faculty places a major emphasis on career guidance, mentoring and help with entry into fellowships training programs
• Innovative programs contribute expertise in education internationally through the International Scholars Program, the Pittsburgh-Japan Program, and Global Health.
• The International Scholars Program is a clinician investigator track within the University of Pittsburgh internal medicine program that trains graduates from premier medical schools worldwide for academic careers in their home countries. This unique program offers not only academic opportunity for highly talented physicians early in their training, but adds diversity to the program at large. In addition to their clinical rotations for ABIM certification, residents of the ISP develop research skills in the Clinical Research Training Program and complete a required research project.
• Formal training in continuous quality improvement
• Research Track and enhanced research opportunities for residents through the Clinical Scientist Training Program for residents
• We encouraging residents to do research by:
  1. Pairing trainees with mentors to prepare case reports or original studies.
  2. Support trainees for presentations at national meetings.
  3. Annual research day to highlight resident and fellow research and scholarly activities
  4. Structured elective time for research

Fellowship Training

• Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
• Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship Training Program
• Endocrinology and Metabolism Fellowship Training Program
• Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Fellowship Training Program
• General Internal Medicine Fellowship
• Fellowship in Hospital Medicine
• Fellowship in Palliative Care
• Geriatric Fellowship Training Program
• Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Training Program
• Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program
• Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Fellowship Training Program
• Renal-Electrolyte Fellowship Training Program
• Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Fellowship Training Program

Training Grants

• T32: Endocrinology, General Medicine (8 training grants), Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary, Renal
• K Awards: Many K awards for junior faculty career development; K30 Institutional Clinical Research Training Program (supports research training for all of the Schools of the Health Sciences); Multidisciplinary K12 Roadmap program
• Individual Fellowship Awards: Many NRSA's.
• A large number of VA Career Development Awards and Foundation Training Grants