This is a cohort-based coaching program that’s federally funded and accomplished underneath protected time (residents usually are not included in facility staffing). It is a complete, competency-based coaching program that includes a number of studying modalities and is structured to make sure that residents are awarded a number of alternatives to discover the varied remedy specialties throughout a number of settings together with emergency, inpatient, outpatient, residential and group remedy. Residents can even be assigned to a continuity clinic for prescribing.

A complete of 2080 hours is required for profitable completion of this system. Clinical rotations will fulfill 80% of these hours (32 hours/week) whereas the remaining 20% (8 hours/week) might be devoted in direction of didactic actions designed to complement graduate schooling, promote private development and speed up skilled improvement past entry-level competency. The program additionally encourages exploration of particular areas of curiosity and improvement of distinctive profession paths.

Upon profitable completion of the residency, a certificates of completion is awarded that’s acknowledged all through the Veterans Health Administration and residency graduates might be acknowledged domestically (at Jesse Brown VA) throughout an awards ceremony.