4+2 Schedule

Piedmont Athens Regional’s Internal Medicine Residency Program has adpoted the 4+2 schedule.  With the schedule, residents typically complete 4 weeks of an inpatient rotation (Wards or ICU) followed by 2 weeks of Ambulatory Clinic.  During their inpatient rotations, they are not required to attend continutity clinic. This schedule allows residents to focus on their patients, either inpatient or outpatient, without having to attend continutity clinic.  

PGY-3 Year

During this year, residents are expected to correctly perform the aPGY-2 tasks with increasing independence.  They must proficiently and effectively managet he complex meidcal patient and understand when there is a need for an appopraite referral.  They will further improve their skills in communication and health promotion by teaching their peers and other members of the healthcare team.  They are expected to display the entrustable professional activitys (EPAs) of medicine consistently.  Senior residents gain leadership experience through the consult rotation, hospitalist rotation, and Business of Medicine rotations.

How to Succeed

At the of 3 years of training, our physicians will be:

• Able to provide patient-centered, high-value, cost-effective care
• Embrace diversity and understand the impact health disparities have on medical care
• Adept at using health information technology to improve the care and education of their patients and the community
• Committed to life-long learning and professional development
• Demonstrate compassion, integrity and respect for others
• Function effectively as leaders or member of high functioning health care team.