Internal Medicine at Kaiser Santa Clara
Curriculum
Teaching Conferences
Morning Report is held Tuesday through Thursday
at 8:00 a.m., in which senior residents present one or two interesting
cases from their ward service. In addition to the residents, chief
residents, and program director, there are generally multiple subspecialists
in attendance to offer teaching input, including nephrologists,
endocrinologists, cardiologists, rheumatologists, and the Chief
of Radiology.
Noon Conference is held daily 12:30-1:30 p.m. These include didactic presentations as well as case-based discussions.
Preclinic Conference is held on Monday and Friday afternoons from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m. residents attend an ambulatory pre-clinic conference led by a primary care physician to discuss outpatient topics.
Teaching Rounds
are held daily by ward team attendings. Ward teams are protected
from admissions from 8-11 am each day in order to provide adequate
time for morning report, work rounds, and teaching rounds with the
attending
Ambulatory Care Teaching Clinics
- Allergy Clinic
- Adolescent Clinic at Yerba Buena High School
- Behavioral Medicine/Psychology
- Breast Clinic
- Chemical Dependency Recovery Program
- Continuity Clinic
- Dermatology
- Diabetes rounds in the hospital
- ENT Clinic
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Training
- Geriatrics Clinic
- Gynecology Clinic
- HIV Clinic
- Integrative Medicine
- Montgomery Street Inn
(Homeless Shelter-Community Service) - Murmur Clinic
- Musculoskeletal/Sports Medicine Clinic
- Neurology Clinic
- Opthalmology
- Podiatry
- Procedure clinic
- Psychiatry
- Treadmill Stress Test Training
- Urgent Care Clinic
- Urology
- Wound care clinic
American
Board of Internal Medicine Pass Rate
Our residents always perform well on the Boards. The cumulative pass
rate for the first attempt on the ABIM certification examination is
96% (28 out of 29) for the past two years 2003– 2005. Board
preparation review sessions take place throughout the year and are
open to all residents.