Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program

The Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program engages residents to become wise, compassionate physicians with the strongest intellectual foundation in a supportive, collegial environment. The program is integrated within both Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, yet also maintains a unique identity unto itself. This balance – a small, collegial program within two comprehensive departments – fosters a high quality, person-focused educational experience with a distinct energy.

The overarching goal for residency training is to prepare each resident with a solid grounding in internal medicine and pediatrics in an environment that strongly fosters intellectual curiosity and a spirit of inquiry. These goals are articulated in our mission statement and operationalized through our curriculum.

We appreciate your interest in our residency training program and we look forward to reviewing your application.

The primary mission of the Yale Internal Medicine/ Pediatrics Residency Program is to train houseofficers to attain the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become excellent physicians able to care for patients across the age span. We seek to train physicians from diverse backgrounds to become leaders and agents of change in whatever setting they choose for their career. Faculty are actively involved as teachers, role model clinicians, scholars, advisers and mentors who are committed to helping trainees identify the niches of medicine in which they will be most successful and satisfied.

Housestaff learn to provide compassionate, respectful, patient-centered, cost-effective, and evidence-based care in a variety of academic and community settings. The primary instructional strategy is experiential learning, which occurs through the residents' meaningful patient care responsibility and graduated autonomy. Through direct observation and feedback from faculty and peers, trainees first learn the fundamentals of patient care. Over time, trainees develop the skills of self-evaluation and reflective practice in order to improve their own skills throughout their career. Graduates are prepared to enter the practice or to pursue fellowship training, either in internal medicine or pediatrics, or in a combined fellowship program.