Welcome to Scott and White Internal Medicine Residency (a “hidden gem” located in Temple, TX), and we are glad you are interested in our program.
Quick Overview:
- Operate on a 4+1 schedule allowing protected time for clinic patient care
- Shift work scheduling with dedicated night float coverage and thus there no “home call”
- Board pass rate over the last 3 years – 95%
- Fellowship Match 2019: Cardiology 3, Gastroenterology 3 , Heme/Onc 2 , Geriatrics 1, Infectious Disease 1, Palliative 1, Pulm Crit Care 2
- Our Residents are active in research and QI projects
- To learn more about benefits, please visit the GME page
- In-house moonlighting opportunities as PGY-2 & PGY-3
- Opportunities to get involved with hospital, local, state, and national committees
- Implementing new Lifestyle Medicine curriculum with goal for interested residents to sit for ACLM boards
- Expanding training for POCUS and have access to ultrasound training with Sono-Sim at our VA facility
- Food/coffee at most educational conferences
- Follow us at #bswimr
Wards Schedules:
VA
- 3 teams (1 upper level, 2-3 interns, medical students, pharmacy students, VA Hospitalist / Chief Resident attending)
- Cap of 16, usual census 12-16
- 5 admissions per 24 hour period
- Night team can distribute up to 2 patients to each team overnight, counts into the 24 hour 5 patient limit
- On weekends/holidays, 1/3 teams will be “off call” and not take admissions, and can go home at noon
Scott & White
- 4 teams with different structures
- A&B Teams with 1 upper level, 2-3 interns, medical students, PD / APD / Chief Resident or CDM attendings
- C Team with 1 upper level and 1 hospitalist attending
- D Team with 1 upper level, 2-3 interns, medical students, and hospitalist attendings
- Cap on A, B, & D teams are 14, Cap on C team is 10
- A, B, & C Team have all patients assigned to 7 North
- Admissions assigned to teams on rolling basis to keep teams at cap
- D Team patients spread throughout the hospital, but still has rolling admissions
- Admissions to 7 North from 5pm – 12am are done by the night float team (PGY-3 and intern)
- Admissions to 7 North from 12am – 7am and to D team overnight are done by the hospitalists
Fellowships Offered:
- Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Disease
- Nephrology
- Pulmonology/Critical Care
Facilities:
Scott and White Hospital
- Scott and White Hospital
Temple VA Hospital
- Temple VA Hospital
CDM clinic
- CDM clinic
