Resident Education

Internal Medicine Residency Continuity Clinic 

Residents in the Temple Internal Medicine Residency Program spend two of every eight weeks (“6+2” block schedule) during their three-year residency working with General Internal Medicine faculty in our joint faculty-resident clinic, Temple Internal Medicine Associates. Residents care for patients on their own continuity panels under direct supervision by General Internal Medicine faculty, and are paired with a longitudinal faculty preceptor to provide ongoing feedback and guidance on intervisit care. Members of the Internal Medicine Residency Primary Care Track spend an additional two weeks out of every eight weeks in clinic (“4+4” schedule) and pursue additional ambulatory training both within Temple Internal Medicine Associates and at other clinical sites. 

Addiction Medicine Elective and TRUST Subspeciality Clinic

Through both the Addiction Medicine Elective as well as the longitudinal subspeciality clinic experience, residents may spend time with General Internal Medicine faculty members in the TRUST clinic, which provides medication-assisted therapy with buprenorphine for patients with opiate use disorder. In this clinic, residents learn the fundamentals of providing care for patients who use substances. 

HIV-Primary Care Elective and Subspeciality Clinic

Through both the HIV-Primary Care Elective as well as the longitudinal subspeciality clinic experience, residents may spend time with General Internal Medicine faculty members in the Comprehensive HIV Program. In this clinic, residents learn the fundamentals of providing primary care and HIV-specific therapy for patients living with HIV.

Medical Student Electives

Ambulatory Medicine Elective (4th Year)

The Section of General Internal Medicine is the site for the fourth-year medical student elective in Ambulatory Medicine. During this rotation, students work with a variety of Internal Medicine faculty preceptors in caring for patients in an underserved urban community. With emphases on patient-centered care and preventive medicine, they gain experience in the diagnosis of the undifferentiated patient, and in the assessment and management of acute and chronic problems in primary care. Students also participate in didactic conferences and lectures that are part of the Temple University Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program.