We offer an interactive didactic curriculum with the following components:

• Our core curriculum is facilitated on weekdays during noon conference time and begins with an Intern 101 series at the beginning of the academic year, and progresses to American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) core topics.
• We have regularly scheduled evidence-based medicine, journal club, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
• We also incorporate monthly quality improvement, intro to research, and innovation curriculum didactics.
• We also offer a unique integrated ultrasound curriculum with our simulation center training

Mayo Clinic's Medical Grand Rounds are weekly continuing medical education (CME)-accredited conferences in which you routinely present case reports and clinical images.

Simulation Center

One day per week during ambulatory weeks is protected for simulation center training at the J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Simulation Center. This curriculum is led by our chief residents and faculty and is quite varied, from simulated patient interactions to code blue training, initial patient care procedure learning, and point of care ultrasound (POCUS). Our simulation center and POCUS curriculum are robust, and there are opportunities to spend more time in the simulation center as requested.

Board review

All PGY-3 residents attend board review one half-day a week. This is a yearlong course designed and directed by a core faculty who serves as our residency board review director. PGY-3 residents are excused from all clinical responsibilities during this protected board review time.

Fellowship preparation

At the conclusion of the Internal Medicine Residency, you may wish to continue your graduate medical education in another Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education program.

The Internal Medicine Residency offers annual sessions dedicated to career planning and fellowship application preparation. Our residency program has a strong track record of matching residents to competitive fellowships. Our faculty and leadership are highly committed to supporting resident success, including early integration with scholarly activities to help each resident achieve their fellowship of choice.

Additionally, we provide mock interviews and individual mentorship for interview preparation, curriculum vitae development, and personal statement review. We have developed an extensive repository of career development resources available to all residents. Residents receive support through academic advisers, core faculty, associate program directors, academic mentors, research mentors, chief residents, and individual mentorship meetings with the program director.