Internal Medicine Residency Program Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island

Those starting internship and residency training at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island/Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University Internal Medicine Residency Program can expect a period of unparalleled personal challenge, intellectual growth, and exploration.  It is during this time that the lessons of medical school will be applied into clinical practice.  It is during this time that you will grow into the role of a physician.  You will find this period of growth and transition to be one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of your life.

Our overall educational philosophy is grounded in the belief that we each are our own best teachers.  Toward this end, the goal of the training program is to foster your development as a lifelong self-motivated learner.  To do this, we will assign you primary responsibility for the care of patients with a diverse array of medical illness, provide extensive faculty supervision, interaction and mentorship, and provide you the resources requisite to both set and achieve your individual learning goals.  By the completion of your residency, you will possess the personal insight, skills, and motivation to continue as a lifelong learner and self-educator, and serve as a resource for yourself, your peers and, most importantly, your patients as you practice the art and science of medicine.

The Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island/Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University program will continue to emphasize a dual clinical focus of acute care and ambulatory care practice.  It is our aim to give you the training, experience, and expertise to provide exemplary care to your patients in all practice arenas including both primary care and the medical subspecialities.  In addition, we provide an environment in which scholarly activity and intellectual curiosity flourish.  There are multiple ongoing research projects within the Department of Medicine, and throughout the Brown community, in which housestaff are encouraged to actively participate.

Finally, the true strength of any residency program is its housestaff.  Through the years, the many generations of physicians who have trained at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island have established a long tradition of caring and a tradition of excellence.  My challenge to incoming housestaff will be to achieve, and even exceed, this very high standard set by your predecessors.

Eleanor Summerhill, MD, FACP, FCCP

Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Associate Professor of Medicine

Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University