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The Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program at The University of Texas-Houston Medical School is at the forefront of its field. The program, over 15 years in existence, has graduated outstanding physicians in internal medicine and pediatrics. This program is unmatched in its facilities and patient base. The rotations include Memorial Hermann Hospital, Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The combination of inpatient and ambulatory experience is well blended and the goal is to train physicians to practice medicine for the entire family unit.

The program is four years in duration with a curriculum of 24 months in each department. The first twelve months is split into six month blocks and all provide meaningful patient responsibility months for accreditation, where the trainee is the primary physician and evaluates the patients first. The three subsequent years are arranged in three month blocks with much more emphasis on outpatient and consulting experience. There are three Intensive Care Unit months in medicine, two in pediatrics and six months of nursery, two of these being neonatal intensive care units. The didactic lectures are crucial to the learning experience and are held at noon, three to four times a week. The pediatric department offers conferences in perinatal medicine, ambulatory care, general pediatrics and emergency medicine. There are also monthly morbidity and mortality conferences as well as a differential diagnosis conference. They have also incorporated bimonthly support groups for the interns and residents. The research opportunities are limitless with training in both departments and these can be incorporated into the residency curriculum if desired. Subspecialization is also possible following residency in many areas. The goal is to train physicians to take care of a range of diseases occurring from the premature infant to the elderly patient.

There are approximately 81 combined programs in existence in the United States; the first began in 1961. Since that time the demand has continued to increase. The program enables one to become board eligible in both pediatrics and internal medicine. We have a Director that is a graduate of a combined medicine/pediatric residency program, which in itself is a major asset. We have a combined ward team which admits both adult and pediatric patients to the same team. This helps the residents in transition from one service to the other and in so doing will free up one month for elective time. Sixty-four percent of graduates go on to a primary care settings, twenty-one percent go on to subspecialty training and four percent into emergency medicine programs.