Curriculum

Our curriculum combines inpatient and outpatient experiences with an ample amount of elective time to pursue areas of interest.

Program Design

We follow a block schedule allowing for increased scheduling flexibility, diverse hospital-based rotations, and longitudinal ambulatory rotations.
We have a “holiday block schedule” ensuring that residents are guaranteed time off for either the Christmas or New Year holiday each year during residency.
Our wellness curriculum includes one non-clinical “wellness day” per quarter, which residents use for personal and family care.
Residents have no 24-hour call on any clinical rotation at any time during training. Our night float rotation supports our teaching service, which eliminates the need for overnight call.
Our residents learn to use portable bedside ultrasound in the first year and have monthly educational sessions to advance their POCUS knowledge.
PGY3 residents may enroll in the Global Health Costa Rica elective.
Our first-year residents have a two-week rotation in quality improvement.
We provide elective rotation opportunities with our current UND Fellowship Programs: Hematology-Oncology Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, and Cardiology Fellowship (welcoming first class in July of 2026).
Our flexible clinical curriculum gives residents an opportunity to design individualized educational experiences to align with their career goals.
We supplement hands-on clinical experiences with a robust didactic curriculum.