Facilities
 | Graduate Medical Education Center Mercy Health St. Rita’s Medical Center and the Lima community have invested in graduate medical education by purchasing state-of-the-art simulation equipment and housing it in a new, 48,000 square foot GME Center. This center will be completed in the spring of 2021. A full-time simulation center director, David Faulkner, ACSM, RCEP, provides an amazing resource for hands-on, procedure-based education. |
Rotation Schedule
| PGY 1 Rotation | Duration |
| General Internal Medicine | 4 months |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 month |
| Pulmonary | 1 month |
| ICU | 1 month |
| Cardiology | 1 month |
| GI | 1 month |
| Nephrology | 1 month |
| Night Float | 1 month |
| Elective | 1 month |
| PGY 2 Rotation | Duration |
| General Internal Medicine | 3 months |
| Hematology-Oncology | 1 month |
| Infective Disease | 1 month |
| Geriatric Medicine | 1 month |
| ICU | 1 month |
| Ambulatory Medicine | 1 month |
| Cardiology | 1 month |
| Neurology | 1 month |
| Night Float | 1 month |
| Elective | 1 month |
| PGY 3 Rotation | Duration |
| General Internal Medicine | 3 months |
| ICU | 1 month |
| Ambulatory Medicine | 1 month |
| Night Float | 1 month |
| Endocrinology | 1 month |
| Cardiology | 1 month |
| Rheumatology | 1 month |
| ED – Inpatient Follow Up Clinic | 1 month |
| Elective | 2 months |
Electives
- Allergy/Immunology
- Addiction/Pain Medicine
- Ambulatory Medicine
- Anesthesiology
- General Internal Medicine
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Hematology/Oncology
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Health Administration – Management
- Infectious Disease*
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Occupational Medicine
- Ophthalmology (Medical)
- Orthopedics (Non-operative/Ambulatory)
- Otolaryngology (Outpatient)
- Pain Management - Addiction Medicine
- Palliative Care & Hospice
- Pathology – Laboratory Medicine
- Podiatry Medicine & Surgery
- Preoperative Assessment
- Pulmonary Disease
- Psychiatry
- Radiology (Diagnostic/Interventional)
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Sleep Medicine
- Sports Medicine
- Rheumatology
*Infectious Disease may include Wound Management/Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as desired.
Split month electives are permissible.
Further customized electives may be pursued with program approval.
Didactic Curriculum
| Didactics | Weekly |
| Morning Report | Daily |
| Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference | Weekly |
| Multidisciplinary Clinicopathologic Conference | Monthly |
| Yale Outpatient Medicine Curriculum | Weekly |
| Journal Club | Monthly |
| Morbidity and Mortality Conference | Monthly |
| Wellness/Resident Leadership Meetings | Monthly |
| Meeting with the Program Director | Monthly |
| Resident Forum | Monthly |
| Medical Staff Meetings | Quarterly |
| MKSAP review/Internal Medicine board reviews | End of year |
Research and Scholarly Activity
The courses noted below will be supplied by the medical center during the pre-residency onboarding process:
- BLS/ACLS certification
- Fundamental Critical Care Support certification
- All residents will be supplied membership to the American College of Physicians and are encouraged to submit presentations to local, regional and statewide meetings.
All residents will have an opportunity to submit presentations to a system-wide multiple facility academic conference involving Mercy Health residencies from across the state.
The simulation curriculum for internal medicine will provide a broad range of exposures to enhance resident confidence and clinical skill. Available procedures include:
- Central venous catheter placement (multiple approached)
- Arterial line placement
- Interosseous IV needle placement
- Chest tube placement
- Endotracheal intubation and emergency airway management skills
- Comprehensive point of care ultrasound training with additional inclusion in the SonoSim™ point of care ultrasound training program that allows review via any web-enabled device