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. Formats and topics include:

  • Annals in the Clinic articles
  • Common ambulatory topics
  • Interactive ambulatory cases
  • Ambulatory focused board review

Wednesday Noontime Conference

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 has many components including:

  • Subspecialist lectures
  • Resident led “Ask the Expert” case lectures
  • IM leadership and Core Faculty lectures
  • Longitudinal Community Outreach lecture series
  • Resident led Morbidity and Mortality case presentations
  • Resident led, faculty supported Journal Club
  • Board Review

Board Review

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

Longitudinal POCUS series

In addition to an elective POCUS rotation, a longitudinal POCUS educational series is embedded in our curriculum. 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 procedural skills and code blue leadership skills.

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.