Education & Training in General Internal Medicine
Mission
To educate, train, and develop the next generation of internal medicine physicians to prevent disease when possible, manage chronic conditions and palliate when necessary, and support patients and families always wherever their journeys may lead by prioritizing a culture of collaborative, evidence-based practice and role modeling emotional well-being.
Goals
- Enhance teaching skills and resources for faculty, including those related to learner evaluation, professional development, and mentorship
- Support faculty in developing scholarly projects and programs
- Promote leadership in undergraduate and graduate medical education among faculty
- Train future generations of academic internists through fellowship programs
- Increase interest in academic internist careers among internal medicine trainees
Programs
Medical Student Programs
Multiple GIM faculty are leaders and core educators for medical student trainees. For example:
- Dr. Blake Barker serves as Associate Dean of Students Affairs at Southwestern
- Dr. Reeni Abraham serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Undergraduate Medical Education in the Department of Internal Medicine
- Dr. Eduardo Mulanovich serves as the Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkship
- Dr. Jessica Campbell serves as the Co-Director of the Ambulatory Clerkship
Multiple GIM faculty also serve as mentors in the Academic Colleges in the medical school. Dr. Reeni Abraham also serves as the head of Fashena College, and Dr. Gary Reed serves as the Dean of Academic Colleges
Resident Programs
Multiple GIM faculty are leaders and core educators for internal medicine residents. For example:
- Dr. Shivani Desai serves as the Associate Program Director for Primary Care
- Dr. Madeline Rodriguez serves as the Associate Program Director for IM Residency Program
- Dr. Sujata Bhushan and Dr. Elizabeth Paulk serve as Associate Program Directors
Clinics and hospitals staffed by GIM faculty at UT Southwestern, Parkland Health and Hospital System, and the VA North Texas Health Care System serve as key educational sites for internal medicine residents.
Fellowship Programs
The Division runs two fellowship programs designed to train future generations of academic internists.
- The General Internal Medicine Fellowship seeks to prepare internists for careers as clinician-investigators, clinician-educators, or experts in quality improvement and patient safety.
- The Health Equity Fellowship at Parkland and UT Southwestern aims to prepare physicians to become innovative clinical leaders dedicated to advancing equitable, high-quality care for underserved populations.
- The Palliative Care Medicine Fellowship seeks to prepare clinicians to become outstanding academic palliative medicine physicians