Learning and Growth Opportunities
Unique Features of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Primary Care Internal Medicine Program
Two Robust Continuity Clinic Experiences
- A hospital-based continuity clinic at the Randy Barker Medical Group (RBMG) and
- A community-based continuity clinic site. Our program has partnerships with several different community-based continuity sites that serve unique patient populations – we connect residents to the site that best aligns with their goals and interests.
Exposure to Ambulatory Sub-specialty Care and Didactic Topics
With increased time on outpatient blocks during their PGY-2 and PGY-3 years, residents have more time to practice at multiple continuity clinic sites and to gain exposure to ambulatory specialty care. On these ambulatory blocks, there are regular structured outpatient didactics.
Unparalleled Primary Care Community
Our trainees are exposed to amazing primary care role models. We hold a voluntary monthly evening for primary care residents and faculty, called GIMboree. Here, we come together over food and share stories from primary care practice, review recent outpatient medical literature, and discuss successes and challenges. This program has received the national “ACGME Back to Bedside Grant” to expand its impact and to collaborate with other residency programs.
World-Class Faculty
The faculty of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview includes some of the nation’s leading experts in primary care medicine, medical education, faculty development, and mentoring. Almost all having been here for their entire professional careers. The authoritative textbook on outpatient medicine, Principles of Ambulatory Medicine, has been chiefly written by Johns Hopkins Bayview faculty. The opportunity to work closely with these faculty, as teachers, advisors, and mentors, is one of the distinguishing features of the program. While they are revered professionals, they are even better people.
Close Ties With The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (SPH)
Several of our residents have collaborated with faculty and pursued projects at our #1 SPH. We also have close ties and promote partnerships for our residents with those at our #1 School of Nursing.
Home-Based Ambulatory Care (Johns Hopkins Home-Based Medicine)
Engaging with one of the oldest house-call programs in the country, each primary care resident follows a panel of frail, home-bound patients through home visits weekly during their outpatient months.
Strong Community Engagement and Advocacy
At Johns Hopkins Bayview, one of our core values is that “medicine is a public trust”. We believe that providing good care for our patients is not restricted to our clinic or the hospital. All of our residents participate in a unique longitudinal curriculum called Community-Oriented Primary Care. This curriculum is integrated into different aspects of the three years; it emphasizes the interfaces between clinical medicine, epidemiology, social sciences, and health service research to develop programs that serve the health needs of a community. In addition, our primary care residents often take leading roles in community engagement projects, many of which are a part of Medicine for the Greater Good.
Programmatic Support for Scholarly Work
The mentors available to our residents are exceptional. Our residents routinely present their work at regional and national meetings. In addition, the Johns Hopkins Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Data Management Core team is available to assist housestaff with biostatistical and research support.
Fully Integrated With the IM Categorical Residency Track
We are one happy family. Camaraderie is incredibly strong among all housestaff. Primary care residents receive the same superb inpatient training as our categorical residents.