Facts and Figures

The Department of Internal Medicine, postgraduate training program at the UNM Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine:
• is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
• meets the requirements of the American Board of Internal Medicine
• makes PGY I level appointments through the National Resident Matching Program
• has 191 IM faculty at University Hospital (UH) and Veteran’s Administration Medical Center (VAMC) (these are the major physician-teaching sites in Albuquerque)

Available Positions for 2010-2011:
• Categorical Positions: 18 to 23
• Preliminary Positions: 4 to 9

After Residency:
• Approximately 50% of our residents pursue further fellowship training and 50% practice as generalists
• Recent graduating residents in the past 5 years have matched at University of Arizona, University of North Carolina, Scripps, UCSF, UCDavis, Baylor, University of Oklahoma, National Jewish, University of Wisconsin, University of Washington and other fine institutions.
• 95% of our residents match into their chosen fields. Furthermore, approximately 40% of current UNM subspecialty fellows are UNM internal medicine graduates.

Board Pass Rates:
• Our graduates continue to have a cumulative pass rate of 87% for the ABIM certifying exam for 2003 through 2008.