Traditional Rotating Internship

 

Samaritan Health Services’ Traditional Rotating Internship is a one-year post-graduate program. It is designed as a broad-based general program to expose graduates to various specialties prior to their selection of a residency program.

Our program adheres to the AOA requirements and incorporates osteopathic principles and practices into each rotation. The Traditional Internship curriculum includes participation in each of the services listed below for the minimum time specified.

Rotation Schedule
 
The academic year consists of 13 blocks which are each four weeks in length. The Traditional Rotating Internship curriculum is listed below but is not in order of how the training blocks will be organized.
 
 

 Block

 PGY 1

 1

 Internal Medicine

 2

 Internal Medicine

 3

 Emergency Medicine

 4

Surgery Sub Specialty

 5

 Cardiology

 6

 General Surgery

 7

 Family Practice

 8

 Pediatrics

 9

 OB/GYN

 10

Psychiatry

 11

 Dermatology

 12

 Elective

 13

 Elective
 
                                        
 
Didactic Components
 
The clinical experience will be supplemented by a structured didactic program comprised of:
  • Morning Report
  • Tumor Board
  • Journal Club
  • Board Review
  • Grand Rounds
  • Morbidity and Mortality Conference
  • OMM Lectures and Workshops
  • Daily Noon Lectures