The Categorical Track is a traditional 36-month training program that balances inpatient and outpatient curricula across all subspecialties within internal medicine. This track prepares trainees for careers in general internal medicine, hospital medicine, and subspecialty fellowships.
Categorical Track residents follow a 6 + 2 block schedule. As interns and PGY-3 residents, trainees spend their two-week blocks in the outpatient primary care clinic. As PGY-2 residents, the two-week blocks are designated for electives, during which trainees follow a weekly continuity clinic model.
In the past three years, 70-80% of our graduates in the categorical track have pursued specialty fellowships. The remaining 20-30% have secured clinical positions as hospitalists or general internal medicine physicians with some working in unique areas including global health, health informatics, healthcare consulting and health informatics.
| PGY-1 | PGY-2 | PGY-3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | 14-16 | 8-10 | 10-12 |
| Cardiology Stepdown | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Geriatrics | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| General Medicine Consults | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Night float (general medicine, MICU, CCU) | 2-4 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| Medical ICU | 4 | 2 | 2-4 |
| Cardiac ICU | 0 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| MSKCC | 2-4 | 4-6 | 0 |
| Outpatient | 12-14 | * | 12-14 |
| Elective | 2-4 | 10-12 | 6-8 |
| Core Research | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeopardy | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Vacation | 4 | 4 | 4 |
* Categorical PGY-2s have continuity clinic one day per week while on elective rotations in place of dedicated outpatient.
