-An Affiliate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine-
Education
From the Chairman:
Thank you for your interest in Jamaica Hospital Medical Center 's Internal Medicine Residency Program.
The training of an individual in the art of medicine requires that patient care and medical education be mutually dependent and supportive. The mission at Jamaica Hospitalis to provide the resources and infrastructure needed to produce physicians with keen clinical judgment and superb skills, who adhere to the highest level of moral and ethical standards.
Full-time board certified faculty has the expertise necessary to provide residents with in-depth bedside and didactic teachings.
Residents experience the opportunity to care for patients with a wide variety of diseases and medical conditions. Our modern facility, with state-of-the-art equipment, provides a pleasant and comfortable environment where the delivery of compassionate quality patient care is a guiding principle.
We welcome your interest and are sure you will agree that Jamaica Hospital Medical Center 's Internal Medicine Residency Program is worthy of your consideration.
My staff and I are very proud of our program and invite you to visit with us. I am sure that you will see that the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is worthy of your time, energy and commitment.
Sincerely,
Thomas Santucci
Chairman
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Where Training in Primary Care and In-Patient Care
go Hand-In Hand
The New York State Council on Graduate Medical Education has approved our program as a Designated Priority Program for training Internist in Primary Care Medicine. We are fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as a Categorical Internal Medicine Residency Program. The programs pass rate and the average scores on the Internal Medicine Board Examination continue to be significantly above the national average.
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is committed to the delivery of excellent primary care medicine to the community and will make every effort to help interested graduates in establishing a practice.
Our dynamic program, in its modern new facility, strives to remain a "community" hospital in spirit, reaching out to the people that we serve. We teach our house-staff the art of medicine within a pleasant social setting and wit a strong team spirit. If the prospect of working, growing and learning with an enthusiastic and dedicated group of individuals heightens your interest, please visit with us.
Every effort is made to practice comprehensive care based on scientific principles. We are constantly updating our curriculum in order to insure that we provide our staff with the latest in medical knowledge. The underlying pathophysiologic processes of each disease are always emphasized.
We stress that the responsibility for a healthy community falls particularly on the physician's shoulders. Our training will give you the skills needed to translate science into practice. Health education and counseling, in particular, provide opportunities for interdisciplinary consulting among educators, nurses, administrators, social workers and other health professionals. We aim to equip our staff with prevention expertise and with the skills necessary to share their knowledge with the public.
Public health issues are not viewed as philosophical entities but as issues that relate to the patients that we serve. We fulfill this commitment by rotating our house staff through a general medical clinic with the ability to use a full range of subspecialty clinics for consultations. Emphasis is placed on the primary care experience. The house staff is encouraged to consult current literature on all routine as well as complicated problems. A balance is maintained among didactic lectures, work rounds, clinic hours, medical presentations and specialty conferences.
The present curriculum is aimed at providing a broad-based exposure to all fields of medicine. We have designed our program syllabus to provide training in patient management on a Primary Care basis. Emphasis is placed on establishing continuity of patient care between the outpatient and inpatient settings. Audio-visual media are freely used and enrich the learning experience. In addition, each divisional sub specialist designs a lecture schedule so that residents have a balance of formal lectures, case presentations and bedside teaching. These subdivisions are:
Allergy, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Gerontology, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Nephrology, Ob/Gyn, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Pulmonary, Rheumatology and Surgery
Faculty members are chosen based upon demonstrated teaching skills and their interest in resident training. Residents have the opportunity to evaluate the teaching attendings. Such input is considered essential, as the department is responsive to the changing needs of trainees.
The degree of patient care responsibility is progressive with each year of training. Accordingly, as the experience of the resident develops, so does his or her supervisory role for the junior residents and medical students. Ultimately, the resident is responsible for assuring the continuity of care for a panel of patients both on an outpatient and inpatient basis.
The PGY-1 resident is introduced to clinical methods and patient care. The primary goals are to learn the elements of establishing a clinical data base (history, physical examination, interviewing, and evaluation of laboratory data), following an inpatient's progress, and diagnostic planning (sequence & cost effectiveness). Other training includes basic procedural skills for treatment, obtaining diagnostic information, therapeutic planning, patient education, primary care and continuity of care.
Promotion to the PGY-2 training year implies satisfactory acquisition of the skills outlined under the PGY-1 section. The PGY-2 year is concerned with further development of the essential skills of an Internist. Clinical data is used to formulate an extended differential diagnosis, a diagnostic workup plan and a therapeutic program. In addition, the PGY-2 assumes an immediate supervisory role for the PGY-1 resident. He or she is the first link in the chain of command from the PGY-2 to the Attending of Record.
The PGY-3 year represents the product of two intensive years of training in patient care management. Commensurate with their increased maturation, the PGY-3 functions as the senior physician, directing patient care and supervising the first and second year house officers. The PGY-3's role is to synthesize his or her clinical experience with a review of the current literature and to formulate a balanced academic approach to patient management. Consistent with this view is that the PGY-3 is the academic leader of an assigned team, a consultant for other services, and a role model for the junior staff.
For more information about our Internal Medicine Residency Program, please contact Sonia Bennetsen. sbennets@jhmc.org