Preliminary Program Description

The goal of the University of Kansas Preliminary Year Medicine Training Program is to provide trainees with the best possible experience in general internal medicine during their one year of training. While we focus on providing a broad experience in general medicine, we also provide trainees with experiences relevant to the needs of their chosen specialty.

Our preliminary year residents have a schedule that is nearly identical in experience to our categorical residents with the addition of elective time in the resident’s destination field. We have worked with program directors from anesthesia, dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology, PMR, radiology, and radiation-oncology to determine what electives would be most beneficial for our preliminary year residents.

Rotation Sites

Our Preliminary residents rotate at the same sites as our categorical residents: The University of Kansas Hospital, the Kansas City VA Medical Center, and Leavenworth VA Medical Center.

The University of Kansas Hospital (KUMED)

• KUMED offers seven major medical services: four General Medicine services, as well as subspecialty inpatient Hematology, Oncology, and Nephrology teams. The Med IV service is a hospitalist service composed of a staff, senior resident, and a nurse practitioner. All other inpatient services are comprised of a staff, supervising resident, and two interns.
• There are two critical care services: the Coronary Care Unit and the Medical Intensive Care Unit.

The Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center (KCVAMC)

• KCVAMC offers four major medical services: three General Medicine teams and one CV service.
• There is one critical care unit: the Medical Intensive Care Unit.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DDEVAMC) Leavenworth, Kansas

• The Leavenworth VA offers general medicine inpatient exposure in a small community hospital setting with an open MICU.

Typical Preliminary First Year Resident Schedule (R-1)

• 6-7 blocks of general and subspecialty inpatient services.
• 1-2 blocks of ICU experience.
• 6-10 weeks of non-inpatient experience on electives that prepare our preliminary residents for the destination program.
• 4-6 weeks on night float.
• Due to the intern night float system, interns have only 1 or 2 overnight calls per inpatient general and subspecialty blocks.
• Interns can expect q5 overnight call on the KUMED ICU rotation.
• There is no call while on non-inpatient blocks.
• 7-8 blocks will be at KUMED, 3-4 blocks at the KCVAMC, and 0-1 blocks at Dwight D. Eisenhower VAMC in Leavenworth, KS.