Categorical & Preliminary

Introduction

Welcome to the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Brown! We've designed our website to provide an overview of some of the highlights of learning Internal Medicine here in Providence as part of a dynamic group of residents, faculty and students. To begin with, I would like to highlight some of what we feel to be the unique strengths of Internal Medicine here, beginning with our philosophy of education.

Philosophy

Learning Internal Medicine requires a balance of experience, research and mentoring. Experience is listed first since that is most important. Active engagement in the privilege of caring for fellow human beings in a time of need is unparalleled fuel for learning. Caring for patients and being responsible for decisions that guide such care is the "glue" that helps us all understand how to be doctors. Research refers to the identification of gaps in knowledge and taking the steps necessary to fill those gaps - either through reading, study, or independent investigation. Finally, mentoring refers to the partnership and commitment between residents and faculty in which all work together to improve both our knowledge and skills, while improving the care of our patients. Each of these three values is inadequate by itself - all three are required for learning and all three are promoted in our program.

Strengths

I hope this has given you a picture of our program. I invite you to explore the site and contact any of us for more information.

Dominick Tammaro, MD
Internal Medicine Residency Director

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