The Johns Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital (JHU/Sinai) Residency Program in Internal Medicine emphasizes compassionate care for patients and disciplined learning. Our graduates complete their training with a strong sense of confidence, a commitment to the principles and practice of general internal medicine, and an appreciation of the opportunities available in medical research and academic pursuits.
We believe that the physician leaders of tomorrow will need a connection not only to their individual patients, but also to the communities that they serve, along with a firm grasp on health care policy and practice within the larger global community.
Sinai Hospital is the largest community teaching hospital in Maryland, providing state-of-the-art medical care for an active heterogeneous patient population in Northwest Baltimore. The Department of Medicine has over a 140-year tradition of excellence in patient care, teaching, and research.
Sinai's residency program is one of three Johns Hopkins postgraduate training programs in internal medicine, along with those of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and JHU/Bayview Medical Center. The faculty at Sinai have teaching appointments at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and our program is fully accredited by ACGME.
Our large full-time and part-time faculty provide close supervision for acute-care patient units, critical care units, the emergency room, long-term care, and outpatient residents' practice. Faculty-led morning reports, rounds, and conferences, as well as a wide variety of research, ambulatory, and elective opportunities, complete the residency experience. Our core curriculum covers all areas of medicine and includes special topics of practice management, managed care, and ethics.
The JHU/Sinai program adheres to ACGME guidelines for internal medical residency programs, a night float system that reduces overnight on-call hours, and 33 percent ambulatory experience over three years. Residents are typically on-call until 8 PM one night in four while on inpatient rotations and overnight one in three nights while in the ICU. All orders are written by housestaff, who also teach Hopkins medical students on clerkship and subinternship rotations. A Board Review Course is offered for junior and senior residents.
A Hospital-wide computer system, with terminals at all nursing stations, permits rapid access of medical record, test results, medicine, informational databases, x-rays, and ordering (CPOE). Nurses and technicians provide support for the housestaff by taking responsibility for IVs, phlebotomy, and patient transport. This allows JHU/Sinai residents to function as physician-managers of the patient care team.
The JHU/Sinai residency program was the 2007 State of Maryland Champion Team in Doctor's Dilemma, a state wide competition among residencies sponsored by the American College of Physicians. Our program represented the State at the National Championship in San Diego .
One of our residents was the first prize winner in the Maryland Resident Research Competition of the American College of Physicians and represented the State of Maryland at the National ACP meeting in San Diego .