Residency Tracks
In 2025, the Mobile Infirmary Internal Medicine Residency Program is a piloting a residency track program. We are offering two positions:
PRIMARY CARE TRACK:
Residents will begin their residency program with an immersion experience in our Continuity Clinic. During the residency program, faculty will cover a curriculum rooted in caring for patients with chronic diseases. We use the Yale Curriculum as our base for this. During the second and third years of residency, primary care residents will be responsible for teaching their colleagues some of these topics. Residents will also have opportunities to rotate with primary care physicians in the Mobile community. Residents will be assigned to clinic-level leadership meetings and will assume more responsibility throughout their residency program. Residents will also be provided with the opportunity to conduct research in the clinic and help lead continuity residents in quality improvement projects. In year three, residents will be allowed to serve as acting Ambulatory Chief Resident under the supervision of our Chief Residents and ambulatory attending physicians. They will lead ambulatory morning reports, daily briefs, daily debriefs, etc. Residents will be responsible for co-leading or leading a longitudinal community service endeavor. Presently, our residency program has a formal relationship with Victory Health Partners which provides high-quality care to employed and uninsured patients. We also have a relationship with Dwell Clinic, which is focused on ensuring immigrants who choose to make a home in Mobile, AL, are equipped with knowledge and resources to be successful. Residents will also be supported if another community service opportunity is identified. Resident feedback will be solicited throughout the program so that each learner will be positioned to help us improve the experience for future residents. Further, we believe it is vital for every resident to learn the business side of medicine such as clinic staffing needs, private and government insurance programs, and physician value amongst payers and employers. Lastly, residents in the primary care track will be mentored on career planning and development. They will learn how to draft a competitive CV and cover letter, how to interview effectively, how to negotiate for a beginning salary, and how to navigate private practice.
HOSPITALIST TRACK:
Residents in the hospitalist track will begin their intern year by immersing themselves in the inpatient medicine rotation at Mobile Infirmary. The residents will rotate through inpatient neurology, inpatient oncology, medicine consult service, surgical co-management, and inpatient geriatrics, which will include time in a long-term acute care facility and in nursing home facilities. Hospitalist track residents will be mentored to lead multidisciplinary team meetings and will complete rotations through the geriatric psychiatry unit in the hospitalist curriculum. A POCUS-specific experience will be an integral aspect of this track, as well. Residents will be required to conduct a quality improvement project with mentorship from one of our hospitalist faculty members and with consultation from the Mobile Infirmary quality improvement team. Hospitalist residents will also be exposed to preoperative clinics, telemedicine, home health/hospice, and addiction medicine. In year three, residents will undertake a capstone Hospitalist preceptorship experience.