The Department of Medicine’s Residency Program seeks to educate residents to be outstanding practitioners, lifelong learners, critical thinkers, and patient advocates. The program provides a well rounded core curriculum that meets the requirements of the ACGME, yet is diversified and flexible enough to allow every resident the education which best suits his or her career goals. All residents have the opportunity and are encouraged to do research with clinical and basic science researchers.

Rotation Sites

The University of Kansas Hospital (KUMED)

Seven academic medicine services:

Four General Medicine along with Inpatient Hematology, Oncology, and Nephrology

Two critical care services: Coronary Care Unit and Medical Intensive Care Unit
Subspecialty consult services that involve both inpatient consults and ambulatory clinics:

Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine, Geriatrics, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology, Palliative Care Medicine, Pulmonary, and Rheumatology

The Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center (KCVAMC)

Three General Medicine services
One Inpatient Hematology/Oncology service
Two critical care services: Coronary Care Unit and Medical Intensive Care Unit
Subspecialty consult services that involve both inpatient consults and ambulatory clinics:

Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, and Pulmonology

Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DDEVAMC)

Located in rural Leavenworth, KS approximately 30 miles from KUMED
Two medicine services with an open Medical Intensive Care Unit
Subspecialty exposure:

Long term geriatric care, Substance abuse treatment, Podiatry, and cardiac stress testing

Intern	PGY - 2	PGY - 3
Ambulatory/NF	Ambulatory/NF	Ambulatory/NF
Ambulatory/NF	Ambulatory/NF	Inpatient
Inpatient	Inpatient	Inpatient
Inpatient	Inpatient	Inpatient
Inpatient	Inpatient	ER
Inpatient	Inpatient	Neuro/Geriatrics
Inpatient	Inpatient	ICU/CCU
Inpatient	ER	ICU
Inpatient	Neuro/Geriatrics	Consult
Cardiovascular/CCU	ICU/CCU	Consult
ICU	Consult	Consult
Consult	Consult	Consult
Elective	Elective	Elective
1 16-hr call/month	1-2 12-hr calls on consult/electives	1-2 12-hr calls on consult/electives

Typical Categorical/Preliminary First Year Resident Schedule (R-1)

6-7 blocks of general and subspecialty inpatient services
1-2 blocks of Coronary Care Unit and/or Medical Intensive Care Unit experience
2-3 blocks of non-inpatient experience in the ER, ambulatory medicine clinics, or consult services
4-6 weeks of night float
1 or 2 overnight calls per inpatient block on the general medicine and subspecialty wards at KUMED and KCVAMC only
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

Typical Second and Third Year Resident Schedule (R-2 and R-3)

6-8 blocks of inpatient supervising, divided between 2nd and 3rd year

Involve guiding 2 interns as well as 2-3 medical students in the care of inpatients

4-6 weeks of night float, divided between 2nd and 3rd year
3-5 blocks of Coronary Care Unit and Medical Intensive Care Unit, divided between 2nd and 3rd year
1-2 blocks of ER, divided between 1st and 3rd year
1-3 blocks of elective time, divided between 1st and 3rd year, given upon request

Can be used for international rotations or research

6-10 blocks of consult months, divided between 1st and 3rd year
1 block of Geriatrics and 1 block Neurology, divided between 1st and 3rd year

KUMED and KCVAMC Inpatient Ward Weekend and Night Coverage

Weekday day coverage

1 person from each inpatient ward team stays until 7:00 pm nightly

Weekday night float coverage

All interns and upper level residents will rotate on several two week ward night float blocks
The night float team is made up of two interns and one senior resident
The night float rotation runs from 7:00 pm to 8:00 am, Monday through Saturday, for two consecutive weeks

Weekend intern resident coverage

Interns on inpatient blocks have zero to one overnight weekend calls per block – Sunday 8pm – Monday Noon

Weekend senior resident coverage

Senior residents on inpatient ward blocks cover the day shift from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Senior residents on consult rotations cover 1-2 night shifts from 7:00 pm to 8:00 am on Sundays

KUMED Medical Intensive Care Unit Night Coverage

Senior residents cover 5-6 consecutive nights from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am
Interns do not take overnight call in the MICU

KUMED Coronary Care Unit Night Coverage

Senior residents cover 5-6 consecutive nights in the unit from 7:00 pm to 8:00 am
Interns do not take overnight call in the KU CCU

Ambulatory Experience

Continuity clinic

All categorical residents have at least one half day a week of continuity care clinic
Sites include KUMED, KCVA, Westwood Internal Medicine, Kansas City Free Clinic, Lee's Summit or Swope Park Health Clinic

Preliminary residents do not participate in a continuity clinic care experience
Senior residents do 2-6 weeks of Rapid Return Clinic during their 2nd and 3rd years
Residents rotate in subspecialty clinics during their rotations on consult services

Teaching Conferences

Excellence in both clinical and didactic education has long been a strength of the KU residency program. We have been praised for our "Strong commitment to the training of practicing clinicians," the "availability of the faculty to teach the residents to be excellent physicians," and our "commitment to the importance of excellence in medical education."
Teaching conferences are held as follows:

Grand Rounds is held Wednesday morning at 8:00 am
Core Curriculum lecture series are held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 12:00 pm
- Mandatory for all housestaff
- Televised to the KCVA and Leavenworth VA Hospital
- Podcasting available of all conferences except Patient Safety Conferences
Morning Report is held each weekday morning at 8:30 am, except on Wednesdays
- Program directors, faculty from all subspecialties, housestaff, and medical students attend and participate in morning report
General Housestaff meetings are held monthly
Journal Club, a literature review conference, is held on the 3rd Friday of the month at 12:00 pm
Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC) is held the second Monday of the month at 12:00 pm
Patient Safety Conference is held on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 12:00 pm
Ethics Conference for PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents is held the second Wednesday of the month at 12:00 pm

Locum Tenens Opportunities

One week of locum tenens is allowed per year, in addition to the resident’s three weeks of vacation, for 2nd and 3rd year residents in good standing

Arranged through the University of Kansas School of Medicine Rural Health Education and Services

The University provides malpractice insurance for residents participating in locum tenens arranged by the Rural Health Office.