Primary Care Track

In June of 2015, Ascension Saint Agnes introduced a new Primary Care Track within our Internal Medicine Residency. This track provides an intensified and diverse ambulatory care experience allowing residents to focus on learning outpatient care in different patient populations within Baltimore and surrounding suburbs. Primary care track residents get close mentorship with primary care internists within the community, focused learning of outpatient quality improvement and increased exposure to outpatient care in a variety of specialties relevant to primary care.

The track has a total of six residents, two at each level of training recruited over three years. 

2.  What is unique about the Primary Care Track?

 The PGY1 year is very similar to that of the Categorical Residents. Sample schedule for all residents in primary track is below using a four week 13 block schedule. 

• The Primary Care schedule allows greater flexibility and opportunities for self-styled rotations including community experiences
• Unique outpatient blocks in subspecialty medicine and community general internal medicine
• Emphasis on psychosocial medicine and physician-patient communication
• Individual mentoring by experienced primary care internists actively working in the community
• Primary Care Seminar every other month addressing topics focused on outpatient management of patients like:  practice management, outpatient billing and coding psychiatry for primary care, end of life care and other topics of interest
• Greater involvement in ambulatory journal club and leadership opportunity in guiding colleagues

3.  Does the Primary Care Program provide adequate training in subspecialty and inpatient medicine?

 The Primary Care Program continues to provide internal medicine training in both subspecialty and inpatient medicine.  Our graduates are prepared for the practice of General Internal Medicine or for subspecialty fellowship training. 

4.  Who should consider including the Primary Care Program on their Match list?

•  A strong interest in General Internal Medicine – both ambulatory and inpatient
• High likelihood of entering primary care practice

5.  How should I list the Primary Care Program for the Match?

For the primary care program, there is a separate match and we recommend listing Primary care Program. You can rank both primary care and categorical program, which will increase the number of available slots through the match. If primary care is your top choice, rank it higher. The NRMP number is: 1247140M0