Residents acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors                                     necessary to competently practice medicine by participating in                                                 different educational activities and patient care rotations each                                                 year.      These activities are described in the On Line Curriculum.                                 

The Core Conference Series is updated annually.  Residents are                                              asked to participate in deciding which material should be                                                        presented and how often.  Residents are also asked to prepare                                                  some of the conferences and to attend at least 60% of the Core                                        Conferences.  The Core Conferences include noon time seminars,                                               CPC conferences, morbidity and mortality (M&M), journal club,                                                  tumor board, and grand rounds. 

The OnLine Curriculum describes the educational goals and objectives                                           of the rotations or assignments for each level of training, including                                        reference material.  Residents are expected to review the appropriate                                  sections of the Online Curriculum during each rotation.   

The program advances residents to positions of increasing                                             responsibility for direct patient management, leadership,                                                     teaching and administration based on their achievement                                                              in the six core competencies in accordance with ABIM policies.

Typical global outcome measure for each level of training are as follows:

PGY-1:  At the conclusion of this year, the resident has demonstrated                                  sufficient progress in the components of clinical competence that he/she                                       is capable of functioning as a team leader.  Specifically, the resident has                                     the necessary skills in data gathering, medical knowledge, clinical insight,                                    and critical thinking to assume a team leadership role.

PGY-2:  At the beginning of this year, the resident is capable of making                                 independent decisions based on previous clinical experiences.  As the                                         resident progresses through PGY-2, he/she develops the ability to                                           recognize and manage "new" clinical problems, those clinical scenarios                                          not previously encountered.

PGY-3:  The resident now has the sufficient knowledge base,                                             problem-solving skills, and clinical judgment that enable him/her to teach                                      other residents and to evaluate the performance of junior residents. At                                       the conclusion of this year, the resident should demonstrate mastery of                                         a large set of special skills and is prepared to care for patients independently,                                 at the level of a new practioner.