FAQs
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The WakeMed Internal Medicine Residency Program has many benefits. In particular, a variety of patients are seen at our facilities, many with their initial presentation of illness, so residents will see both the core problems encompassed by internal medicine, as well as unique and atypical illnesses.
We have many of the benefits of a more research focused program due to our numerous educational affiliations with local medical schools, our Clinical Research Institute and our Kaizen Promotion office, yet we also have the community hospital feel with physicians being actively involved in the Raleigh community.
We are excited to offer elective rotations that will allow residents to explore practicing medicine within a variety of settings, including the urban underserved. However, if residents are interested in the needs of more rural communities, there are nearby clinical sites serving this population.
We offer a very well-rounded program to meet the needs of those interested in pursuing subspecialty fellowships, primary care or hospital medicine.
The WakeMed Internal Medicine Residency Program is happy to have IMGs apply for our residency program. Applicants need to have graduated from medical school within the last 5 years. However, we do not sponsor visas.
Residents in the WakeMed Internal Medicine Residency Program can expect to spend most of their rotations at the WakeMed Raleigh Campus. There will be some rotations at WakeMed North Hospital as well as our healthplexes for subspecialty and emergency medicine rotations. In addition, some rotations have clinical experiences in community settings off the WakeMed campus.
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Absolutely! We have rotations in all internal medicine subspecialties.
In our 50 years of training residents many have enjoyed their time enough to stay on as attending physicians. Many of our faculty trained at WakeMed either as a medical student or resident.
Regardless of what kind of activities you are interested in, Raleigh’s got it! We have sports teams (professional and NCAA), outdoor spaces, fantastic food options, live shows, a plethora of museums, and lots of places for families to spend time together. Raleigh is also within three hours of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the coast, so it’s an amazing area to spend the next three years!
WakeMed is the sponsoring institution for the WakeMed Internal Medicine Residency Program, but WakeMed also has educational affiliations with medical training programs at UNC School of Medicine, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Duke University School of Medicine. The internal medicine teaching services include UNC medical students and residents along with Campbell medical and PA students.
Yes, WakeMed IM offers IM 504-Acting Internship in Internal Medicine for students through the VSLO system. Medical students from our partner medical schools should apply through their medical school instead of using VSLO.