We are a completely unopposed, full scope program. Therefore, interns rotate with fellow residents or alone with attendings on all rotations. The intern year is inpatient-heavy, between hospital medicine, pediatric hospital medicine, night float, and obstetrics.
The learning opportunities are tremendous at our hospital as we see a wide variety of patients from all demographics- insured, uninsured, underserved, refugees, unhoused, etc. Our ER is one of the top five busiest ERs among private hospitals in Texas. We have an “open” ICU, in which we remain the primary team for any of our patients that are admitted or transferred to the ICU. We receive excellent training from our upper level residents, attendings and our pulmonologist and intensive care attending, Dr Henderson. The inpatient months are spaced out well among lighter, outpatient elective rotations.
There are two OB months in which interns work with second year residents on Labor and Delivery. Our hospital regularly has 100+ deliveries each month, and we are fortunate that all of the private obstetricians allow us to work with them and help care for their patients while in the hospital. Interns deliver LOTS of babies and begin assisting on C-sections during the first week of the block. Depending on one’s interest, there is ample opportunity to gain experience as the primary surgeon on C-sections.
Interns are given a relatively small continuity clinic panel and usually have 1 half day of clinic weekly. The panel and the number of weekly clinics increase throughout the 3 years of training as the number of inpatient rotations each year decrease.
