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The Cooper University Internal Medicine Residency Program is proud to announce that we were chosen to receive a $1.92 million grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to establish the Primary Care Track we have been planning for several years. 2 positions are now open for applications for residents who are to start their training in 2011.
Like the standard Categorical track, this is a 3-year Internal Medicine residency and graduates are ABIM board eligible in Internal Medicine at the end of their training. Residents in the Primary Care track are considered part of the Internal Medicine residency program but have a schedule that emphasizes outpatient, community-based academic medicine.
Primary Care Track FAQs
How is the Primary Care Track different from the Categorical Track?
- Much more time in the outpatient setting: more than 6 months per year (and therefore less call!)
- 2 half day primary care continuity sessions (compared to 1 for Categorical)
- 3 research months, 1 each year (compared to 1 total for Categorical)
- An extra Program Director (Dr. Headly)
- Involvement with Palliative Care and with the Cooper Institute for Urban Health, which provides extensive experience in true community medicine
How is the Primary Care Track the same as the Categorical Track?
Like the Categorical track, this is a 3-year Internal Medicine residency and graduates are ABIM board eligible in Internal Medicine at the end of their training. Residents in the Primary Care track are full and equal members of the Internal Medicine residency program, with all of the same benefits and support. When you on the floors, there is absolutely no distinction made between residents who are on either track.
Can I still go into a subspecialty or be a hospitalist if I do the Primary Care Track?
Yes. The goal of this track is to graduate physicians who are exceedingly well prepared for careers in primary care as clinicians, researchers, community activists, public health administrators, and other positions at the forefront of primary medical care. That said, many graduates of primary care tracks across the country do change their minds and enter a subspecialty. The training you receive will certainly prepare you for any path.
Can I apply to and rank both Categorical and Primary Care Tracks?
Yes! The number for the Primary Care Track in the NRMP is 1380140M0.
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Sample Schedule for Primary Care Track
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Contact Information
Director: Anna Headly, M.D., MFA
Contact: Medical Education Office
Phone: 856 - 757 - 7842
Fax: 856 - 968- 9587
Email: IMresidency@cooperhealth.edu
Address: Cooper University Hospital, UMDNJ– Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden,
401 Haddon Avenue, E&R Building, 3rd Floor, Camden, NJ 08103
