Internal Medicine Residency at UMass Chan-Baystate

Baystate Health is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare quality and innovative medical education. Baystate Medical Center, the third-largest teaching hospital in Massachusetts, is a 746-bed Magnet hospital that serves as a state-of-the-art tertiary care facility within an integrated health system. It is also a regional campus and home to the PURCH (Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health) Track for the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.

The Internal Medicine Residency program at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate trains residents to be leaders in clinical innovation, transformative medical education, and patient-centered care. Our program is designed to foster individualized career goals by offering two tracks: categorical and primary care, with a curriculum founded on the competency-based Learner-Manager-Teacher model.

Categorical Program NRMP # 1286140C0

• Three years of training in general internal medicine, offering broad exposure to inpatient and ambulatory care.

Primary Care/ IMPACT Program NRMP # 1286140M0

• Three years of training in general internal medicine, emphasizing ambulatory, community medicine, and population health principles.

A Supportive and Innovative Approach

Our residents are encouraged to think critically and apply evidence-based medicine in a supportive, team-based model of care. We provide a variety of educational experiences in both inpatient and ambulatory settings to offer tailored didactic and experiential training options. This includes a weekly academic half-day, a longitudinal ambulatory curriculum, a core Internal Medicine curriculum, Journal Club sessions, a clinical diagnostic curriculum, MICU and CCU longitudinal didactic curriculum, intensive board review for seniors, professional development, substance use disorders curriculum and specialized medical career tracks. These tracks include Medical Education, Humanities, Research, Point of Care Ultrasound, and the Integrated Multi-Disciplinary Program in Community and Population Health and Primary Care Training (IMPACT), among many others. Our innovative longitudinal simulation curriculum spans all years of residency, including Case-Based/MICU Boot Camps for Learners during their orientation block, Breaking Bad News simulations, Case-Based simulations for all residents on Learner-Teacher teams, and Acute Cardiopulmonary Leadership Sessions (ACLS) during the Manager year of training.

Educational Innovation Sets Us Above

Patient care and education are inextricably linked. Our Internal Medicine residency programs maximize the quality of both. Our curriculum, founded on the competency-based Learner-Manager-Teacher model, balances supervision and autonomy at every stage of learning while providing comprehensive training. As you gain competence, you progress through the roles of Learner, Manager, and Teacher, gaining more independence at each stage.

A month-long orientation lays the foundational skills you need to be successful. You’ll spend two weeks fully immersed in patient care on the wards, followed by experiences in the clinic and the critical care units. Our boot camp teaches you how to care for acutely ill patients using simulation scenarios. In late June, our “Fly Up” block prepares you to take on the responsibilities of your new role as Manager or Teacher before the new interns arrive.

Our residents are well-prepared for their future careers, equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the ever-evolving field of internal medicine. Over the past five years, 74% of our residents have pursued fellowship training in various disciplines, while the rest have pursued careers in academic medicine, hospital medicine, and primary care. We train our residents to become competent physicians, healthcare leaders, medical educators, and lifelong learners.

Our Culture Sets Us Apart

We take exceptional care of our patients, our program, and each other. It is an honor and privilege to care for our patients, and we consider it a privilege to train our residents. We continuously evaluate our program for educational and clinical value, a responsibility shared by both our residents and faculty. We embrace team-based care and value the strengths born of diversity within our residency community. Our residents successfully balance clinical work and award-winning scholarly achievements while nurturing relationships with family and friends and pursuing outside interests, ensuring a well-rounded and fulfilling personal and professional life.

We welcome you to visit us and discover what makes our program so special!

The Internal Medicine Residency at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate is ACGME-accredited.