Department of Medicine

UT Knoxville

Residency Program

Curricular Areas- Format

University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

Internal Medicine Residency Program

Curricular Area Worksheet

1. Curricular area: list the curricular area, i.e. pulmonary medicine
2. Location: a list all the locations in which the learning experience occurs. Include inpatient, outpatient, ancillary sites, procedure rooms, etc.
3. Faculty: a list of all involved faculty
4. Schedule: Days- list the usual schedule
   Nights- list any night duty
5. Related Conferences/Venues: a list of all venues which are directly related to this area
6. Primary Goals: this includes the overall FICM-like goals that should be achieved in this curricular area; this also includes the ACGME core competentcies that are to be addressed in this curricular area
7. Primary Objectives: this is a list of the specific points that a resident should learn under this curricular area; i.e. management of acute myocardial infarction
8. Supplemental References/Suggested readings: readings that relate to the primary goals and objectives above and are of appropriate length and coverage of the material to be known by an internal medicine specialist
9. Procedures: a list of all procedures which are likely to be encountered during the rotation; indicate if any are required to successfully complete the curricular area
10. Research Opportunities: a list of opportunities available in this area
11. Method of resident Evaluation: a description of how residents will be evaluated in both a subjective and objective manner; examples include written exams, oral exams, clinical and evaluation tools
12. Method of Curricula area program evaluation: a statement of how this area will be evaluated in terms of meeting the goals listed above
13. Feedback: list who will be responsible for providing feedback to the resident and when this feedback will occur
14. Suggestions for change: