Earlier this week, physicians, scientists, and trainees paused to honor a legacy still very much in motion. On Dec. 9, colleagues across UI Health Care gathered to celebrate Michael J. Welsh, MD, in an event organized by the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The event commemorated his selection for the 2025 Lasker DeBakey Clinical Medical Research […]
“The cases are always as complex and as diverse as our patient population,” an attendee at the first round of the 2025 ACP Clinical Vignette Competition said. Residents work closely with faculty mentors to identify appropriate cases that demonstrate puzzling or unique clinical encounters that also contain critical lessons to impart to colleagues. These are […]
Continuous improvement is not just an expectation for trainees in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, it is also the standard for the program’s faculty and curriculum. A visible example can be seen in what was known for nearly nine years as the Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE), but is now called Clinical Skills Coaching for […]
Though today, July 1, is the first day of the new academic year and the first day that the newest class of interns to join our residency program are officially on the job, they have spent the last week getting ready for “Day One.” Their first morning started early with a breakfast orientation. Program Director […]
Adam Blaine, MD Growing up in Wyoming and spending my entire life in the West, I never expected to find myself in Iowa. But on residency interview day, I was struck by the kindness, humility, and genuine enthusiasm of everyone I met. Dr. Manish Suneja and Dr. Katie Harris fostered an atmosphere of warmth and […]
Each year, the Internal Medicine Residency Program exercises the same devotion and attention to detail to celebrating the achievements of its graduates as they do in ensuring those trainees have the skills, experience, and support to become world-class physicians ready to take their next steps. After a stop at the “Photo Booth” in Hancher Auditorium’s […]
As residency graduates, colleagues, friends, and family entered Hancher Auditorium last week they had a chance to stop off for a “no carpet” photo before heading upstairs for the main event.
Over the course of a few weeks, nearly a dozen teams of residents demonstrated their commitment to quality improvement and patient safety. Teams of four or five residents spend a portion of each month throughout their training animated by questions ranging from how to increase screenings for respiratory virus or measuring iron levels to finding […]
For this year’s resident program winter social, residents and program administrators alike gathered their families and headed to Field Day, North Liberty’s newest craft brewery, for food and fun. As kids filed into the room, they noticed the brightly colored duckpin bowling alley right away, tugging on their parents’ sleeves and asking to play. Taking […]
Providing timely, effective feedback after clinical encounters is a cornerstone of resident training. Recognizing the need for a better system, members of the Department of Internal Medicine (Manish Suneja, Jane Rowat, and Girish Mhatre) developed qUIkcoach, an innovative app designed to make feedback more immediate, targeted, and actionable. “This user-friendly tool ensures that valuable teaching […]