The Internal Medicine Residency Program is primarily based at the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus (IFMC) for inpatient rotations on the general wards, intensive care units, emergency medicine, general medicine consult services as well as the inpatient portions of sub-specialty consultative services. The outpatient electives as well as ambulatory training are provided by IFMC faculty members in Inova specialty clinics, select Inova-associated community practices and Inova Internal Medicine Group clinic locations. Additionally, second and third year residents have an opportunity to do elective rotations at the National Institutes of Health in Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases and Medical Oncology. During the second and third year, residents will also have the option of pursuing away electives at other institutions as well as creating an individualized curriculum with specialized rotations such as a procedure month with the critical care team or a research month.

Inpatient Curriculum

Required Rotations

Ambulatory & Elective Curriculum

*NOTE: Additional electives are available for residents in good standing and based on career and educational goals, which include, but are not limited to: advanced heart failure, advanced lung disease, electrophysiology, interventional pulmonology, obesity clinic, sports medicine, ethics, etc.

Research & Scholarly Activity

Quality Improvement

Simulation Center and procedural skills

IFMC Internal Medicine residents have the privilege of using the state-of-the-art Inova Center for Advanced Medical Simulation (ICAMS). 

All sessions are supervised by chief residents and/or expert faculty as appropriate. Examples of session types include: 

  • Procedural and ultrasound skills 
  • Airway Management 
  • Rapid response and Mock-Code scenarios 
  • Patient care scenarios with Standardized Patients including difficult conversations
  • Leadership training including TeamSTEPPS 

While the ACGME does not have specific procedural requirements for internal medicine residents, procedural opportunities are available and expected to be performed by residents in the Inova Internal Medicine Residency Program, including gaining experience in placement of arterial lines, central lines, lumbar puncture, and paracentesis. Additional procedural opportunities may be available depending on residents’ interest and skill levels.