Curriculum

Our comprehensive curriculum and appropriate faculty supervision allow residents to deliver patient care with graded autonomy to prepare them for independent clinical practice of internal medicine.

Sample Rotation Schedule

PGY-1

Block
Rotation
Site
1
IM Inpatient Wards
STHS McAllen, STHS Edinburg
2
IM Inpatient Wards
STHS McAllen, STHS Edinburg
3
IM Inpatient Wards
STHS McAllen, STHS Edinburg
4
Medical Intensive Care Unit
STHS McAllen, STHS Edinburg
5
Cardiology IM
STHS Heart
6
Ambulatory
ASAS Health
7
FM Inpatient Wards
STHS McAllen
8
FM Inpatient Wards
STHS McAllen
9
Inpatient Pediatrics
STHS Children's
10
General Surgery
STHS Heart, Valley Surgery RGV
11
Emergency Medicine
STHS McAllen, STHS Edinburg
12
Elective
Varies
13
Elective
Varies

Elective Options

  • Ophthalmology
  • OB/GYN
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology