HOSPITALS
PCOM's interns rotate through two affiliated teaching hospitals located within five or six miles of each other in the city of Philadelphia. This consortium of more than 1,000 beds offers unparalleled opportunity, as well as a diverse patient population for the training of medical school graduates. The hospitals and rotations for the traditional internship program include:
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Prime Health Care - Roxborough Memorial Hospital: IM, FP ,GS, EM
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Chestnut Hill Hospital: IM, Critical Care, ER
BENEFITS
Blue Cross and Blue Shield or HMO health insurance, including major medical, prescription and dental health coverage for interns and their families during the contract year.
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Professional liability and disability insurance.
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$600 per year continuing medical education stipend for conferences or books in included in salary.
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$500 moving allowance for interns from out-of-state schools.
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Salary (2013-2014 Academic year) - $48,750
Note: PCOM does not provide living quarters for interns.
CURRICULUM
Interns rotate through Roxborough Memorial Hospital and Chestnut Hill Hospital, depending on their particular rotations. The standard curriculum includes:
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General Internal Medicine/ Specialty Medicine 6 - 7 months
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Critical Care Units, 1 month (2 months for IM Trackers)
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Surgery: General 1 month (optional)
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Family Practice: One month
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OB/GYN: One month, including inpatient and outpatient (optional).
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Pediatrics: One month, including newborn and outpatient (optional).
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Elective: One month of pure elective; can be taken outside the system.
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ER: One month.
In conjunction with this clinical experience, the internship program also offers a strong academic component. It includes daily morning reports, teaching rounds with attending physicians and a noon lecture series which includes Tumor Board, as well as a guest lecture series featuring outside speakers. Interns are welcome at special lectures given for PCOM's large residency program. (See sample lecture program.)
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Interns also have access to PCOM's 60,000-volume medical library, on-line access to the Medline database and on-line access to every medical library in Pennsylvania, and computer and computer-assisted learning capabilities.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The intern's year is structured to provide maximum exposure to the fields of medicine and surgery as well as training in pediatrics, emergency medicine and OB/GYN. The rotating internship offers flexibility for intern tracks and emphasis programs, and is supported by significant depth in all residency fields, with a total of 120 residents.
"When interns select PCOM for their rotating internship, they can be sure of obtaining an excellent patient care experience," says Richard A. Pascucci, DO, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Education. "PCOM's internship is very hands-on. Interns can expect to be an integral part of a health care team and the decision-making process.
"The internship program includes patient care responsibility, bedside teaching and academics - all in a supervised teaching environment. Our five affiliated teaching hospital sites further enhance our program by providing interns with exposure to a diverse patient population and pathology.
"A dedicated faculty committed to teaching brings the program together. When interns complete our program they will have received a well-rounded educational experience. They graduate from the program as capable, confident physicians well prepared to be successful first-year residents."
PCOM offers the traditional rotating internship, and, for those clear on their career choice, seven internship specialty tracks - Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, ENT, OB/Gyn, Orthopedics and General Surgery.
All applicants must apply through ERAS
Click on the link below to view a printable PDF version of the Application for Internship. Print the PDF file and follow the instructions on the Application to submit the form to PCOM. In order to view this application, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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