Internal Medicine Residency

Get the experience, training, and knowledge you need to become a board-certified doctor of internal medicine or pursue medical subspecialties. Residents from our categorical program go on to train in fellowship programs or practice medicine as hospitalists or primary care physicians. Our categorical residents choose which pathway best fits their interests and career goals.

You’ll work with your faculty advisor to customize your residency experience. Whether you want to practice primary care, become a hospitalist, or pursue a subspecialty fellowship, we give you attention, instruction, and guidance through our rigorous training pathways.

• If your goal is to become a primary care physician (PCP), you’ll benefit from the opportunities available through our Primary Care Pathway.
• Get the experience and support you need to be a competitive candidate for subspecialty fellowship programs through our Fellowship Pathway.
• Take advantage of our Hospitalist Pathway to get the training and experience to enter this rapidly evolving and popular field of medicine.

Gain a solid foundation for specialty training during the one-year preliminary program. You’ll benefit from the same postgraduate year one (PGY-1) learning experiences as the interns in the categorical program, with one exception — as a preliminary student, you won’t have a panel of patients in continuity clinic. You will, however, provide urgent care in our Primary Care Center up to ten afternoons a year to experience an aspect of outpatient general internal medicine while on your ambulatory weeks.

Our preliminary program residents go on to train in anesthesiology, dermatology, neurology, radiation oncology, radiology and physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Get the educational experience that fits your career goals with a categorical program that offers ample, flexible elective time. You’ll have the freedom to spend seven of your 36 months of residency pursuing your passions — whether that’s conducting research or completing rotations in specific specialties. Spend your elective time at Mount Auburn, expand to another Harvard Medical School affiliate, or spend time at another national or international training site.

At Mount Auburn Hospital, you’ll work directly with attending physicians — all of whom have teaching appointments at Harvard Medical School and a strong commitment to educating the next generation of physicians and healthcare leaders. They’ll guide you through rotations, support your scholarly activity and act as mentors and career advisors.

Learn more about our leadership and faculty and hear from our program director and chair.

Dive deeper into a specific area of interest and get valuable experience for your curriculum vitae during your scholarly project. With program support, you’ll create a proposal, conduct research (leveraging all the resources available at Harvard University) and showcase your findings at medical grand rounds during your third year. Scholarly activity is a key component of our program, and whether you’ve published before or not, we integrate this into your training.

Your compensation package at Mount Auburn Hospital includes a competitive salary and benefits, as well as access to many opportunities at Harvard Medical School. Explore our benefits packages.

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