Residents at this university hospital fellowship program are part of an educational environment and culture that is designed to foster excellence in clinical skills development and acquisition of medical knowledge. Faculty as well as more senior resident colleagues provide abundant teaching. The program seeks to enhance development of qualities such as academic curiosity and scientific rigor, and provides opportunities for residents to do investigative work in clinical and basic sciences. The department is pleased to support residents when research is accepted for presentation at regional and national meetings.

The faculty of the Department of Medicine are engaged in a wide range of research activities, from clinical and basic research studies in human subjects, to molecular biology studies in cultured cells. Many of these research programs are linked to basic science divisions in molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology. The College of Medicine has NIH-funded Cancer, Clinical Research, and Obesity and Nutrition Research Centers. It ranks 10th in the country in the percentage of faculty members who are actively conducting federally funded research, and the faculty in the Department of Medicine are some of the most productive researchers in the College.

Medical residents have frequent contact with the faculty who are involved in research, and participate in either basic or clinical research or demonstrate some other acceptable form of scholarly activity during the course of their fellowship training. Dedicated time during the fellowship is easily provided to interested residents.

Polly E. Parsons, MD
Chairman
Department of Medicine