For more than 40 years, the Yale Department of Internal Medicine’s Affiliated Hospitals Program has provided robust educational opportunities for community hospitals in southern Connecticut.
The consortium thrives on three components: on-site lectures at the affiliates, elective rotations for the affiliated residents at Yale New Haven Hospital, and faculty interactions at regular dinner meetings, an annual retreat, and faculty development sessions. Faculty members also build relationships among all the participating educators across these programs through periodic meetings and retreats.
Consortium members include the internal medicine residency training programs of seven hospitals: Bridgeport, Greenwich, Norwalk, Waterbury, St. Mary’s, Danbury, and Griffin. Lawrence & Memorial Hospital also participates as an affiliate but does not have a residency program.
Silvio Inzucchi, MD, professor of medicine (endocrinology), is the director of the Affiliated Hospitals Program, and Courtney Annunziata is the program coordinator.