The Internal Medicine Residency at Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona offers a fundamental, patient-centered training environment unlike any other.
As one of the premier tertiary referral centers in the Southwest, trainees see a fascinating variety of pathology, from bread-and-butter cases to rare conditions. Residents enjoy a balanced curriculum and a wealth of educational opportunities, renowned mentors, and personalized support. Small class sizes promote a culture of camaraderie amongst residents, fellows, and faculty – all within a medium-sized institution and all the benefits of Mayo Clinic.
Our internists graduate prepared to thrive in their careers in general or subspecialty medicine in both private practice and academic settings.
As a resident, you’ll experience a curriculum that provides a strong core with outstanding opportunities for personal adaptation through ample research and elective time, coupled with the strong mentors and resources of Mayo Clinic.
Program highlights include:
You’ll also find a flexible rotation schedule designed to complement your learning experiences. Our program's affiliations with other Mayo campuses in Rochester, Minnesota, and Jacksonville, Florida, along with Valleywise Health Medical Center (Maricopa Medical Center), Veterans Affairs Phoenix Health Care Center, Arizona State University, and Phoenix Indian Medical Center provide a diverse mix of patients, institutions, and experience.
The Phoenix and Scottsdale areas provide ideal weather in a growing and vibrant location.
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As a resident at Mayo Clinic, you'll have access to robust clinical, educational, and research resources. You'll find support both inside and outside of the campus to promote physical and mental wellness and ensure your work/life balance.
With more than a century of history as an institution and 20 years in the Arizona desert, Mayo Clinic is a first-rate choice for internal medicine residency training.
The majority of patients come from Arizona, surrounding states and the Midwest. Most hospitalized patients are treated for common conditions, such as congestive heart failure, sepsis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary embolus.
In general, our patient population is an older population, often with a history of malignancy or organ transplant, making our residents proficient at handling complex decisions. Residents are also exposed to and treat rare diseases in nearly every field. Often, patients are referred to Mayo Clinic for evaluation by renowned experts, bringing complex cases from outside institutions to higher levels of care.
Ethnic diversity among patients is widely abundant on rotations at Mayo Clinic facilities, VA Medical Center facilities, and during opportunities at safety-net clinics.
The intent of our Internal Medicine Residency is to produce proficient and competent physicians. Residents are directly responsible for their patients, and there is ownership and accountability in caring for each patient.
Our program relies on a team-based model to achieve these goals. On hospital wards, teams consist of two interns, a senior resident and a consulting physician. The intern evaluates the patient, then formulates and implements care management plans with the supervision and support of a senior resident and a consultant to provide top-level comprehensive care.
In the continuity clinic setting, each intern and resident is responsible for their own patient panel, directing comprehensive, ongoing care, again with supervision under consulting faculty. The level of autonomy incrementally increases as residents progress through training, and in the end, there is an exceptional balance of autonomy and independence, allowing our residents the opportunity to grow into competent and independent physicians.
Our residency program is moderately intense, providing a solid foundation that serves residents well in their future practice or fellowship. Residents and their families enjoy activities outside of the workplace afforded by the large Phoenix metropolitan area. Phoenix currently ranks as the fifth-largest city in the U.S., with 4.3 million people in the greater Phoenix area.
The city offers all of the cultural opportunities of a larger U.S. city, including access to professional sporting events, theater, arts, and various leisure activities such as shopping, golf and fine dining. Approximately 50 percent of our residents are married and often are raising a family. With a medium-sized program, residents are more than just colleagues — they are close friends, frequently interacting outside the work environment and reporting overall satisfaction with the work-life balance.
The Internal Medicine Residency obtained accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 1994. We have full, continued ACGME accreditation with commendation as of January 2014.
Graduates are eligible to take the American Board of Internal Medicine examination. Our graduates have 100% pass rate overall since 2019.
Our first six residents began in 1995 and graduated in 1998. We have had over 100 graduates over the years. We're currently accepting 15 residents each year.
