About our Combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Residency

Our combined EM/IM and EM/IM/CC programs are amongst the most competitive in the nation. Residents are accepted into the five-year EM/IM track, with the option to complete an additional year of training to also become board-eligible in Critical Care Medicine.

In addition to their academic successes, EM/IM and EM/IM/CC residents routinely assume leadership roles at the departmental level, the institutional level, and within local state and national organizations. Our residents have a reputation as well-rounded, knowledgeable, caring, and compassionate physicians who are also great liaisons between the various departments of the hospital.

Our EM/IM curriculum provides a structured and dynamic blend of both disciplines, with an equivalent amount of training spent in each. The specialty services provided at the University of Maryland result in an excellent breadth of exposure to patients across the spectrum of illness, including complex oncologic care, end-stage organ support in pre- and post-transplant populations, and advanced circulatory support, including patients with ventricular assist devices.

In addition to the trauma, obstetric, and pediatric training included in the EM portion of the curriculum, EM/IMs residents will learn to provide primary and preventative care via their continuity clinic across the years of their training, and will learn inpatient care through service on primary inpatient teams as well as consulting specialty rotations. Ultrasound education remains a key part of education across the specialties, and our residents complete their 5 (or 6!) years quite comfortably with the standard elements of point-of-care ultrasound.

UM EM/IM graduates go on to practice Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, subspecialties within these areas, and combinations of these specialties.  We have had graduates go into academics, community settings, single-specialty practice, split-time practices, and even fellowship and further subspecialization.   Our alumni are frequently in leadership roles and highly sought after due to the profound and broad impact they can have on their institutions.

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    • EM/IM and EM/IM/CC sample block rotation

Combined EM/IM Residency Facts and Figures

	5-year program with option to extend to a sixth year for a triple residency in EM-IM-Critical Care			Focus on high-acuity patients and an underserved patient population base
	Emergency medicine rotations spanning the breadth of the specialty			Training in primary and preventative medicine as well as acute hospital care
	Multiple rotations at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center			Subspecialty rotations in infectious disease, addiction medicine, cardiology, oncology, and others
	Dedicated ultrasound, toxicology, and airway rotations			Additional rotations in the Medical, Cardiac, Pediatric, and Trauma ICUs
	Annual CME allowance, with additional stipends for national conference attendance			Competitive Salary and Benefits