Academic education
The Legacy Internal Medicine Residency Program has diverse training opportunities with outstanding faculty that prepares graduates for their future career path as a hospitalist, primary care physician, or sub-specialty fellowship. Legacy Health is a community hospital system rooted in academic medicine and committed to the health of our patients.
Morning Report
Traditional morning report cases occur 3 days a week. Tuesday mornings are dedicated to ambulatory reports and utilize the Yale Outpatient Curriculum. These sessions are run by the inpatient and outpatient attending physicians, Chief Medical Residents and Program Director.
Academic Half-Day
Academic Half Day takes place each Wednesday. Residents are given two and a half hours of protected time to attend and learn the fundamentals of medicine. Senior residents attend the morning session and interns attend the afternoon session with some combined sessions throughout the course of the year to allow teaching targeted to the learners' needs. We are also incorporating opportunities for senior residents to present clinical reasoning to the interns as part of the resident as a teacher track.
Medical Grand Rounds
Our Medical Grand Rounds presentations occur every Wednesday and cover a wide variety of topics. Our subspecialists and guest faculty from outside institutions facilitate MGR with talks focused on evidence-based medicine.
Third year residents present a topic of their choice for MGR at some point during their senior year.
Clinical Reasoning and Chief of Service Rounds
Weekly didactics with program faculty offers opportunity to practice diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills as well as key topics for board preparations.
Scholarly Projects and Quality Improvement
All residents participate in scholarly projects and quality improvement projects under the guidance of faculty. Each year, residents compete with colleagues from other residency programs in Oregon at the annual Oregon Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Some residents have had the opportunity to present at the national ACP meetings. Residents receive an educational stipend for travel to present at conferences. They also have 5 educational leave days per year.
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
We have numerous faculty members trained, and board certified in POCUS. Residents can take electives in POCUS and procedures to sharpen their skills to better care for patients.
We recently started a POCUS Pathway to assist select interested residents in maximizing career-specific experiences and learning opportunities during second and third year by developing POCUS skills with guidance and mentorship from fellowship trained experts.
Journal Club
Senior residents and interns present a journal club article to their colleagues during Academic Half Day with a faculty member in attendance.
ABIM Board Review
MKSAP board review
- The premier board prep and self-assessment program in internal medicine.
Board review questions
- Led by subspecialists during Academic Half Day.
Individualized Board Study plans
- Work with faculty advisors and program leadership to review in-training exam results and help with customizing a study plan.
Board Review course
- Protected time for weeklong board review course in spring of R3 year.
Substance Use Disorder Curriculum
Our residents receive formal training in the management of substance use disorder, including the safe prescription of suboxone and methadone. Residents complete an online course through Providers Clinical Support System. Our residents treat patients with substance use disorders in the hospital and in their continuity clinic. The supervising attendings are proponents of maintenance therapy.
Visiting Professors
Through a generous endowment, the program hosts several visiting professors. These clinician educators offer a unique opportunity for residents and faculty to broaden their experience. Our visiting professor program hosts some of the nation’s best-known physician educators.
