The Moses H. Cone Internal Medicine Program

Moses H. Cone Hospital, the flagship hospital of the Moses Cone Health System, is a 550-bed facility that serves the community's primary care and regional tertiary needs. It sponsors the Internal Medicine Program in conjunction with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill . The program provides a community-based, comprehensive curriculum in internal medicine for 22 residents. Housestaff develop a broad range of skills in both primary care and subspecialty medicine. A long-term care facility, a psychiatric hospital, a 225-bed community hospital (Wesley Long), and the Women’s Hospital of Greensboro, as part of the Moses Cone Health System, provide additional sites for the broad education of future internists. The program offers opportunities to learn in an environment that fosters the generalist skills necessary to enter a community-based practice and substantial exposure to subspecialty medicine for those interested in pursuing further training. House staff learn general internal medicine in inpatient and outpatient settings from UNC-appointed full-time faculty. Faculty take the time to devote to teaching and believe that training is a balance of focused work and intellectual growth combined with time for personal growth. Lifelong learning skills and the clinical use of medical informatics are heavily emphasized.

Our two-week required course in clinical epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, and medical informatics is essential for the development of a well-rounded primary care physician. Residents function as primary care physicians who provide continuity care for both inpatients and outpatients. The program has a strong ambulatory component with dedicated rotations and electives in our Outpatient Clinic, as well as one to two half-days of continuity clinic each week. Special rotations are available in clinical health services research, HIV care and research, hospice care, and indigent health care. 

An accessible faculty serve not only as instructors, but also as mentors, furthering their relationships with the housestaff. Housestaff are reimbursed for texts and educational conferences, enabling them to supplement their learning experiences, and are given a Pocket PC to facilitate bedside informatics skills. In addition, reimbursement is available for moving expenses. 

Most of our graduates practice internal medicine or provide hospitalist care, both in North Carolina and elsewhere. Those seeking fellowship training are successful and have obtained fellowships in academic general internal medicine, cardiology, critical care, rheumatology, addiction medicine, endocrinology, infectious diseases, geriatrics, gastroenterology, and nephrology. In recent years, our residents have received fellowships to Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, East Carolina University, Louisiana State University, The University of Virginia, Scripps Institute, University of South Alabama, and the University of Massachusetts.

Greensboro, located in the Piedmont of North Carolina, is a comfortable, vibrant city of 225,000 in close proximity to major academic institutions, including Wake Forest University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, NC A & T State University, Guilford College, Bennett College, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Only applications received through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) will be accepted. USMLE transcripts ARE required.

• One-on-one teaching by skilled faculty who are  here specifically to teach in a collegial, close knit atmosphere.
  
• Comprehensive training in Internal Medicine in a community-based program, allowing housestaff to learn a broad range of skills in both primary care and subspecialty medicine. Full ACGME accreditation.
  
• The opportunity to learn general internal medicine in inpatient and outpatient settings from generalists, including a hospitalist component.
  
• A strong ambulatory experience with at least two months per year dedicated to an ambulatory clinic, 1-2 half-days of continuity clinic each week, and ambulatory subspecialty electives for those residents interested.
  
• The opportunity to acquire the necessary skills to enter a community-based practice, a hospitalist program, a career in academic general internal medicine, or a subspecialty fellowship. Fellowships have included: GI, nephrology, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, geriatrics, infectious diseases, preventive medicine, and rheumatology.
  
• A special two week course in clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine for all first-year residents; includes a curriculum to strengthen point of care computer skills.
  
• Dell Pocket PCs – Each categorical resident is given a pocket PC (prelim residents get one on loan). Mercury MD (MData) for hot syncing patient information (www.mercurymd.com) and UpToDate are provided on these.
  
• Videotape reviews of faculty and resident/patient encounters, focusing on interviewing skills.
  
• A CCU experience with one of the foremost groups in the U.S. regarding ACS interventional research.
  
• Research opportunities in ambulatory medicine, health services, cancer research, and NIH-funded AIDS clinical trials; quality improvement studies using comprehensive computerized patient database.
  
• Greensboro - a thriving academic community located in the Piedmont of North Carolina, between the mountains and the coast, and near the state’s major medical schools and university teaching hospitals and some time to explore the area, given the curricular structure of the program.