Curriculum

Our comprehensive curriculum and appropriate faculty supervision allows residents to deliver patient care with graded autonomy to prepare them for independent clinical practice of internal medicine.

Sample Rotation Schedule

PGY-1

Block
Rotation
Site
1
Inpatient Ward
STHS McAllen
2
Inpatient Ward
STHS Edinburg
3
Continuity Clinic
ASAS Health Closner
4
Cardiology
STHS Heart
5
Gastroenterology
STHS McAllen
6
Medical Intensive Care Unit
STHS McAllen
7
Medical Intensive Care Unit
STHS Edinburg
8
Neurology
STHS McAllen
9
Nephrology
STHS McAllen
10
Electives
STHS McAllen
11
Night Float
STHS McAllen
12
Night Float
STHS Edinburg

Continuity Clinic

During the three years of residency training, residents will be scheduled at the ASAS Health Closner for continuity clinic, except during Night Float rotation. 

Elective Options

  • Cardiology
  • Hospice/Palliative
  • Infectious Disease
  • Gastroenterology
  • Pulmonology
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Nephrology
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Rheumatology

Non-Medicine Electives:

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Research
  • Intervention Radiology

Residents may also choose rotations from the Block Diagram.