The Curriculum

The curriculum at St. Vincent's includes didactic lectures, case-based discussions, supervised patient care, and resident involvement in interdisciplinary conferences and activities.  There is a written curriculum for each rotation, and for activities that continue throughout the training program, such as Ethics, Research, and Ambulatory Care.

The didactic curriculum covers clinical medicine, including general Internal Medicine and subspecialty topics, medical systems and practice, including the American health care system and the economics of medicine, interpersonal skill and the importance of the patient-physician relationship, and research methods.  Over half of the didactic lectures are presented by New York based faculty from Columbia University.  The others are presented by St. Vincent's faculty, and visiting faculty from Universities throughout Connecticut and the United States.