If your goal is to develop your expertise in general internal medicine, I encourage you to apply to our Primary Care Track.  The Primary Care Track is designed to produce physicians with strong clinical skills and advanced knowledge of internal medicine, attributes that will aid you no matter where your personal interests lead.  Our graduates are equipped to become leaders in primary care; leaders who will make an impact as community physicians, as policy makers, or as academic faculty members.  In many ways, the Primary Care Track is your doorway to future possibilities, not an end destination.  I look forward to helping you reach your goals.

David Miller, MD

Director, Primary Care Residency

Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Education
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The appeals of internal medicine are many, and prominent among them are the intellectual challenge of differential diagnosis, the interpersonal rewards of direct patient care, and the endeavor of becoming a complete physician. Our goal at Wake Forest is to provide broad-based training across the complete spectrum of internal medicine. While we approach that training from the perspective of the generalist, we believe that significant experience in each of the subspecialties is of key importance. Internal medicine comprises both inpatient and ambulatory care, and we highly value a proper balance of training in both venues. We want to provide the necessary tools for each graduate of our program to be well-equipped for life-long learning. Beyond these essentials, we want to offer the flexibility of educational opportunities to allow each resident to achieve success in the pursuit of their individual career path. Above all, we take pride in providing a nurturing, stimulating, and challenging environment for learning and personal development.

Joel Bruggen, MD
Associate Program Director for Subspecialty Education
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As diagnostic tools and interventions continue to develop and management techniques and treatments continue to evolve, we as physicians must be prepared to navigate the literature, to evaluate, critically and efficiently, the best available evidence, and to determine how to apply this to management of our individual patients.  We must also develop an understanding of the health care system—insurance systems, Medicaid, Medicare, different payer systems—as well as the tools to evaluate and improve health care delivery and the quality of care.  Our curriculum integrates training in these areas beginning in the intern year and progresses to more advanced elective work in the upper level years.  These skills will enhance your effectiveness and productivity as a clinician and will help you provide the best possible care to your patients. This is an exciting time to enter the medical profession at Wake Forest, and we look forward to working with you.