Internal Medicine Residency

• Our curriculum is X+Y, organized in a 6+2 structure.
• Example:  4 weeks on UTS, 2 weeks on inpatient elective, 2 weeks on ambulatory elective.

We are proud of our excellent educational conferences including:

• Resident-led Morning Report
• Board Review
• Game Show Style Board Review
• Journal Club
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• System-Based Practice (Morbidity & Mortality)
• Quality Improvement/Patient Safety

Most conferences are resident-led which allows for development of research and presentation skills.  Morning Reports are often joined by subspecialist attendings who add valuable expert opinion and context to the case being discussed.

We offer a longitudinal course to teach every resident the basics of POCUS relevant to Hospital Medicine through faculty-led didactics and hands-on skills sessions.

The course includes monthly POCUS Noon Conferences, a basic skills workshop for every intern, skills practice sessions and life-scanning opportunities while on the inpatient services.

We have handheld ultrasound units (Butterfly) for each UTS team available as well as 3 portable units which can be used while on UTS.  The MICU and CICU units are equipped with their own ultrasound units and residents have the opportunity to scan during their rotations as well.

Residents can spend up to two months during their residency training participating in research projects of their own selection. Houston Methodist offers an ideal environment for scientists and clinicians to come together with common goals of discovery and improving patient care. Over 690 clinical trials spread throughout nine departments (cancer, cardiovascular disease, inflammation and epigenetics, diabetes and metabolic disease, infectious disease, neurosciences, transplantation biology, genomic medicine, and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine) are ongoing. Research mentors are available to help residents find opportunities in areas that most closely match their interests. Search our faculty >

Houston Methodist emphasizes the pursuit of research, including publications and presentations, and residents are able to work together with our well-recognized research mentors on projects. Many of our residents present their work at important meetings and have been very successful in having their work published.

Bi-Directional Mentorship

At HMH we see our residents as a critical link in the chain of mentorship, both as mentees for our senior residents and faculty, but also as mentors to medical students and new residents as they progress in training.

Formal Faculty Mentorship

At the beginning of your intern year you will be assigned a faculty member for your three years.  Through this relationship you will have immediate access to career development resources such as research opportunities and fellowship or job search planning.  Our goal is to create long-lasting mentoring relationships that support our residents in their personal and professional lives, even beyond the end of residency.

Informal Resident Mentorship

Our residents also benefit from informal mentorship from senior residents and chief residents.  It speaks to the culture of our institution that so often senior residents seek ways to give back to the program and its residents through deeply personal connections and mentorship.  We have a unique structure of both PGY4 and PGY3 chiefs who seamlessly bridge the gap between the end of internal medicine training and future endeavors as they go through and learn from it themselves.

Residents as Teachers

At HMH we see our residents not just as mentees, but also as relevant mentors for medical students and junior residents.  We highly value our growing connection with Texas A&M's Engineering Medicine Program; our residents and faculty are engaged with teaching students at all levels of their medical school journey, from basic preclinical lectures to Acting Internships on the wards during their final year.  Our residents also receive formal training in how to effectively teach and mentor.  We are thrilled to see the fruit of these endeavors in how many of our students choose to stay and complete their residencies at HMH and complete the cycle as they begin to serve as mentors themselves.

Our residency program trains our residents to become culturally competent practicing physicians. We therefor provide our learners with a learning environment where we celebrate our different backgrounds. Our residents have organized multiple events throughout the year to highlight culture and engagement at Houston Methodist.

                         A group of residents celebrating Dia de los Muertos on Main 8.

Our Internal Medicine
Residency Program has a
 
96%

ABIM Rolling Pass Rate!

Post-Graduate Careers 2019 thru 2024

Institutions where our residents have matched 2019-2023:

Class of 2024

1. Cardiology Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
2. Cardiology Fellowship - Texas Tech University (El Paso)
3. Cardiology Fellowship - Dartmouth (Lebanon, NH)
4. Gastroenterology Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
5. Geriatrics Fellowship - Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
6. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
7. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
8. Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
9. Rheumatology Fellowship - UT Southwestern (Dallas, TX)
10. Rheumatology Fellowship - Scripps (San Diego, CA)

Class of 2023

1. Cardiology Fellowship - Scripps (San Diego, CA)
2. Cardiology Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
3. Gastroenterology Fellowship - Baylor, Scott & White (Austin, TX)
4. Gastroenterology Fellowship - State University of New York (Syracuse, NY)
5. Geriatrics Fellowship - Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
6. Geriatrics Fellowship - UT Southwestern (Dallas, TX)
7. Nephrology Fellowship - UTMB Galveston (Galveston, TX)
8. Nephrology Fellowship - Stanford (Stanford, CT)
9. Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship - Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
10. Rheumatology Fellowship - University of South Florida (USF) (Tampa Florida)

 Class of 2022

1. Cardiology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital  (Houston, TX)
2. Cardio Metabolic Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
3. Endocrinology Fellowship – University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, TX)
4. Gastroenterology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
5. Geriatrics Fellowship – Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
6. Heart Failure Fellowship – University of Texas (Houston, TX)
7. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
8. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – Scripps Green (San Diego, CA)
9. Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship – Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)

Class of 2021

1. Cardiology Fellowship – University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
2. Cardiology Fellowship – University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
3. Gastroenterology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
4. Gastroenterology Fellowship – University of Texas – Houston (Houston, TX)
5. Geriatrics Fellowship – University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
6. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa, FL)
7. Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
8. Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)

Class of 2020

1. Cardiology Fellowship – University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)
2. Critical Care Fellowship – University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
3. Endocrinology Fellowship – Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
4. Endocrinology Fellowship – University of California Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
5. Gastroenterology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
6. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – City of Hope (Los Angeles, CA)
7. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
8. Infectious Diseases Fellowship – University of Colorado (Aurora, CO)
9. Infectious Diseases Fellowship – University of Texas – Houston (Houston, TX)
10. Nephrology Fellowship – University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
11. Rheumatology Fellowship – University of Texas – Houston (Houston, TX)

Class of 2019

1. Cardiology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
2. Cardiology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
3. Cardiology Fellowship – Ochsner Medical Center (New Orleans, LA)
4. Cardiology Fellowship – University of Arizona (Phoenix, AZ)
5. Critical Care Fellowship – University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
6. Endocrinology Fellowship – University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
7. Gastroenterology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
8. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship – Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
9. Nephrology Fellowship – University of California Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
10. Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship – Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)