Residents will work in an environment that emphasizes an appropriate balance between the demands of patient care, the value of hands-on learning, and the potential risk of medical errors. Residents will be expected to work within the guidelines of the 80 hour work week. Residents and faculty will be expected to facilitate an environment that minimizes the potential for medical errors.
Excellence in Internal Medicine Training
Program Structure
Faculty and residents will maintain an environment of professionalism including behavior expected of professionals and adherence to ethical principles.
Faculty and residents will encourage an environment of learning and patient care that considers the overall context of health care delivery in the greater societal paradigm.
Residents will work in an environment that emphasizes an appropriate balance between the demands of patient care, the value of hands-on learning, and the potential risk of medical errors. Residents will be expected to work within the guidelines of the 80 hour work week. Residents and faculty will be expected to facilitate an environment that minimizes the potential for medical errors.
Faculty and residents will work within an educational framework that facilitates multiple and frequent modes of evaluation and utilizes the evaluative process in an effort to continually improve the educational and patient care processes.
Program Goals and Objectives
The curriculum will cover all of the pertinent basic science topics over a two-year period, with all lectures delivered by faculty with the appropriate expertise. Lecturer will be members of the Orthopaedic Department faculty, School of Medicine faculty, and invited guests. Basic science principles will be stressed in the clinical curriculum, and specific basic science goals for individual clinical topics will be identified in the syllabus.
The curriculum will cover all areas of clinical orthopaedics over a two-year period. Lecturers will be members of the Orthopaedic Department faculty, School of Medicine faculty, and invited guests.
An environment of inquiry will be supported through all levels of the training program. The concepts of practice-based learning and improvement, including Evidence Based Medicine, will be taught and emphasized across the spectrum from learning through patient care in an effort to facilitate development of an attitude of perpetual learning.
Residents will be introduced to research methodology early in residency. Opportunities to participate in meaningful research projects exist as early as the intern year. Protected time for research is provided to all residents in the fourth year of training. Prior to graduation, each resident will be required to complete two separate research projects; one will occur during the pediatric rotation. Faculty will provide guidance and support. Sources of funding for research support are available for projects of sufficient scope.
Faculty will ensure that appropriate skilled, compassionate care is provided to all patients. Residents will be given progressive responsibility for the care of patients under the supervision of the faculty. Wherever practical, care across the continuum will be emphasized.
Residents will be exposed to a curriculum and environment that teaches and stimulates the effective exchange of information among health care professionals and during the interaction between the physician and the patient, family, and other caregivers.
I chose The University of New Mexico (UNM) because the residents were by far the happiest. It is very much a work hard/play hard program with a great amount of volume and complexity. I really enjoy how close all of the residents are. I feel very fortunate for how enjoyable my days are working with great people. I also really appreciate how awesome the attendings are and how willing they are to allow us to be involved in patient care.
Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Residency Director
Gehron Treme, MD
Associate Director
Selina Silva, MD
1 University of New Mexico
MSC10 5600
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Residency Coordinator
Joni Roberts
Phone: (505) 272-6472
Fax: (505) 272-8098
Email: jroberts@salud.unm.edu