Post-Residency Opportunities

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Hospitalist opportunities

Christiana Care Health System has had an active hospitalist service since 1996. There are 22 hospitalists on staff in the Department of Medicine, eight of whom are dedicated to the teaching program on an ongoing basis. Residents have ample opportunity to develop an understanding of and expertise in the field of hospitalist medicine through both a hospitalist rotation as well as frequent contact with faculty hospitalists. As a result, in recent years, 25 percent of graduating residents have accepted highly competitive hospitalist positions throughout the country.

Fellowship opportunities

On average, almost half of medicine residents in recent years have chosen to pursue subspecialty fellowship training after completing the program. These residents are encouraged to undertake appropriate research projects with subspecialty mentors and have had extraordinary success in obtaining fellowship positions at prestigious institutions throughout the country.

Primary-care training and career opportunities

The Department of Medicine provides outstanding training for those who choose primary care after residency. Post-residency professional opportunities flourish locally and throughout the country, in group practices, Christiana Care's primary-care network and HMOs.

Each resident assumes responsibility for his or her own patients in the Adult Medicine Office (continuity medical clinic).

Each categorical PGY 1 spends one month in an office setting with one of 128 general internists on staff.
Each PGY 2 (optional) and PGY 3 (required) resident spend one afternoon per week in the office of either a specialist or a generalist.
Elective rotations offer ample opportunity for outpatient experiences.
Medicine residents also train in nonmedicine departments, such as adolescent medicine, geriatric medicine, gynecology, orthopedics, dermatology, ENT and preventive medicine.
Residents are offered practice management seminars, inpatient and outpatient subinternships and electives in all subspecialties.
Christiana Care's strong community ties enable residents to spend time with community groups such as Planned Parenthood and the Visiting Nurse Association, a member of the Christiana Care Health System.