Internal Medicine
Overview
Welcome to Northwest Healthcare’s internal medicine residency program! We offer a supportive, nurturing environment where our residents can fulfill their fullest potential as clinicians, educators and leaders - with a special focus on physician well-being.
Mission and Vision
Our faculty is committed to our residents, keeping in mind their individualized career interests,
learning styles and overall goals as we prepare them for today’s patient care challenges. We provide a structured academic foundation with an emphasis on diversity, subspecialty exposure, and research opportunities. We pride ourselves on hosting an exceptional educational experience from beginning to end.
Curriculum
Case presentations (formally morning report) are held up to 1.5 hours daily from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The relaxed environment allows for group discussion of clinical cases with a multidisciplinary approach. Cases are broken down to help learners formulate assessments and plans on complex patients. Subspecialists are invited to add their clinical knowledge to the case. Residents receive lectures led by faculty in general internal medicine and its subspecialties. We also have frequent visitors.
- Topics in medicine: faculty presentations
- Morbidity and mortality conference
- Journal club
- Board review sessions from Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP)
- Wellness lecture series, including monthly fitness challenges
- Financial wellness lecture series for physicians
- Grand rounds
- Simulation training, including procedural skills workshops
- Internal medicine-themed review games
- Clinical data integrity
- Billing and coding
- Transitioning to outpatient practice
- Hospitalist medicine
Scholarly Activity
Residents are required to do scholarly activity within three years of training. Examples include poster and podium presentations at local, regional and national meetings, publications and IRB-approved studies, webinars and quality improvement initiatives.
Committees
Residents are required to join at least one committee. Committees include, but are not limited to: Ethics, Infectious Disease, Mortality and Morbidity, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, and Sepsis. Here, residents discuss, plan and implement actions congruent with learning objectives and character-building throughout the three years of residency.
Formal Mentor Program
Residents will regularly meet with a program assigned faculty advisor who will offer objective feedback, discuss rotation evaluations, and provide a clear path to success based on the resident’s career goals.
Core Faculty
Renae L. Trapp, C-TAGME, Program Coordinator
Landon Casaus, D.O. (Site lead at Oro Valley Hospital)
Michael DeLong, M.D.
Ashini Shah, M.D.
Hoang Thai, M.D.
Elias Kakish, M.D.
Sponsoring Institution ACGME ID is 470075 | ACGME Status - Initial Accreditation