The primary goal of Beth Israel's Categorical residency training program in Medicine is to provide the trainee with advanced medical knowledge, progressive experience in clinical decision-making and the opportunity to practice medicine in an environment of clinical excellence. Training occurs in an atmosphere of openness, where residents are encouraged to raise questions and contribute ideas. Beth Israel offers a cooperative, supportive environment. The nursing staff is among the finest anywhere and all members of the health care team work closely together. This environment supports the goal that resident duties be limited whenever possible to activities that only a physician can perform. The hospital providesexcellent ancillary services, including transport staff, clerks, phlebotomists and IV teams to facilitate patient care.
Dr. Crystal Jean-Louis (left) and Dr. Odelyia Paglovich
The Preliminary Year in Medicine at Beth Israel
Beth Israel offers an outstanding Preliminary year for house staff heading towards careers in other specialties. The clinical and educational activities and the work schedule for Preliminary house staff are the same as for Categorical house staff. The one exception to this is that Preliminary house staff do not attend weekly or block outpatient continuity clinic
“Learn and Earn” Work Study Program
In addition to our traditional residency training program in internal medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center offers a parallel approach to internal medicine training. This approach is a combination work-study program, which we call our Learn and Earn program.
Dr. Allon Rafael, a PGY-4 in "Learn and Earn"
will be a Cardiology Fellow at the University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque
Training begins with the standard medicine categorical internship. Following the internship, the two years of a medical residency are distributed over three years, eight months each year. The participant spends four months of each year (after the internship) working as a physician in a Beth Israel Medical Center-affiliated inpatient or outpatient facility. A New York State license is required for this role. Therefore, applicants must be eligible for licensure in New York State after their internship. During training months, the resident is paid at the house officer rate corresponding to his or her total months of training. During working months, the resident is paid at the augmented rate of a full-time house physician, resulting in over (approximately) $145,000 in incremental income over that provided by the residency. The resident continuously receives house officer benefits throughout the four years, including housing and disability, as well as health and malpractice insurance. The Learn and Earn program is not a "needs based" program, and the extra salary earned may be used however a house officer wishes to use them.
This approach accomplishes several goals for Beth Israel, such as increasing the number of high-quality physicians providing primary care in non-training settings and providing new avenues for recruiting residents. However, the Learn and Earn program also offers advantages to residents. Their quality of life is greatly improved and residents may emerge debt-free from training. The resident matriculating in the Learn and Earn program will be joining a well-established, accredited residency-training program in Internal Medicine. Timing and financial rewards are the only real differences in training between this program and Beth Israel's traditional training program in Internal Medicine.
Dr. David Rabin, PGY-3 in the Sabbath Program will be a
Gastroenterolgy Fellow at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Sabbath Program
The Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center provides a special program designed to accommodate Sabbath observant Jewish residents. This program is fully integrated into the regular categorical program. These residents are exempt from hospital duties on the Jewish Sabbath (Friday evening to Saturday evening) as well as certain Jewish Holidays. However, the total number of hours worked is equivalent among all medicine residents. This schedule allows the observant Jewish resident to acquire premium medical training while not violating the Sabbath.
Dr. Yuichi Shimada, PGY-3 will be a Chief Resident here in 2011-12
Japanese Medical Program (N-Program)
As part of Beth Israel's continuing efforts to address cross-cultural issues and broaden the resident's experience, the Medical Center offers residency training opportunities to medical students who are bilingual in Japanese and English. In 1990, Beth Israel established the Japanese Medical Practice to respond to the medical needs of New York's Japanese population and the more than half-million travelers who visit New York City each year. The practice has offices in Manhattan and Westchester County. Graduating residents will have the opportunity to stay on as practicing physicians to serve this community. The program is supported by a grant by Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Ltd., one of the world's largest insurance companies.
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Training begins with the standard medicine categorical internship. Following the internship, the two years of a medical residency are distributed over three years, eight months each year. The participant spends four months of each year (after the internship) working as a physician in a Beth Israel Medical Center-affiliated inpatient or outpatient facility. A New York State license is required for this role. Therefore, applicants must be eligible for licensure in New York State after their internship. During training months, the resident is paid at the house officer rate corresponding to his or her total months of training. During working months, the resident is paid at the augmented rate of a full-time house physician, resulting in over (approximately) $145,000 in incremental income over that provided by the residency. The resident continuously receives house officer benefits throughout the four years, including housing and disability, as well as health and malpractice insurance. The Learn and Earn program is not a "needs based" program, and the extra salary earned may be used however a house officer wishes to use them.
