The Harnett Health Internal Medicine residency program curriculum provides high-quality teaching to solidify the foundation of medicine and augment medical knowledge obtained from clinical training. Residents will be prepared for a career as a subspecialist, hospitalist, or outpatient internist. Our educational program consists of:
 

Morning Report

Morning report is held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at Betsy Johnson Hospital and Central Harnett Hospital. Morning report is a resident led interactive case to teach clinical pearls and medical decision making.
 

Ambulatory Conference

Ambulatory Conference is a faculty led educational experience attended by residents on the ambulatory clinic month rotation. Topics are presented by core ambulatory faculty and our ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner. 
 

Wednesday Noontime Conference

  • IM Program Meeting 
  • Senior resident led board review
  • Lectures by Harnett pharmacists
  • Chief resident meetings
     

Friday Afternoon Didactics

Friday afternoon didactics are protected time for learning. Residents have no clinical duties during didactics. IM Leadership faculty attend didactics to model the importance of lifelong learning.

Friday afternoon didactics include...
  • Subspecialist lectures
  • IM leadership and Core Faculty lectures
  • Resident led Morbidity and Mortality case presentations
  • Resident led Journal Club
  • Board Review
  • Jeopardy
  • Introduction to community resources


Board Review

A dedicated board review series occurs Mondays over the noontime hour at Betsy Johnson hospital and may be attended virtually.
 

POCUS

IM residents may take an elective POCUS rotation. Butterfly probes are available at each hospital and in the clinic for residents who become facile with POCUS.
 

Longitudinal Simulation Lab series

Harnett Health’s Internal Medicine program utilizes Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine’s 9,000 sq. ft. simulation center and simulation buses to provide its residents opportunities to perfect their skills performing procedures, leading code blues, and having difficult conversations.
 

MKSAP

All residents are offered a personal digital subscription to MKSAP for ABIM board preparation.
 

Testing

Residents sit for the ACP Internal Medicine In-Training Exam. Results assist in assessing the working knowledge of IM residents; evaluating the residents’ training experience; and guiding needed changes to the curriculum.

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Johns Hopkins Ambulatory Care Curriculum

The modules are embedded in our ambulatory conferences and in individualized learning.
 

Geriatrics clinical experience

Our geriatrics clinical experience is embedded into our ambulatory resident experience.  In addition to rotating with our fellowship trained geriatrician, our ambulatory conference is focused on geriatric topics to augment education and training.
 

Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine clinical experience

A Harnett graduate and fellowship trained HPM physician oversees our HPM clinical experience.  One ambulatory conference a month is dedicated to HPM topics along with a Friday afternoon HPM didactic every quarter.  Additionally, residents gain experience with home hospice and community resources by rotating with a local home hospice agency.


Lifestyle Medicine

Residents have the option to complete the lifestyle medicine curriculum during their IM residency and be board eligible by their IM graduation.