Saint Vincent Health Center, in cooperation with the Lake Erie Consortium for Osteopathic Medical Training, offers an AOA-approved rotating internship. Graduates of accredited osteopathic medical schools are eligible to matriculate into the internship program, which is associated with the Saint Vincent Family Medicine Residency Program and the Saint Vincent Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
The internship program takes advantage of the multiple educational resources of Saint Vincent Health Center and are dedicated to training graduates to become competent and caring physicians. Interns complete a balanced curriculum working with experienced faculty and attend a wide variety of didactic sessions. Core and elective medical student rotations in many areas are available. Internship candidates may complete a rotation at Saint Vincent to familiarize themselves with the all that we have to offer.
Curriculum
Traditional Rotating Internship
Osteopathic interns complete the following rotations, using a 12-month block schedule:
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General Internal Medicine
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3 months
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Night Float (Internal Medicine)
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1 month
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Pediatrics
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2 months
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OB/GYN
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2 months
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General Surgery/Anesthesiology
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2 months
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Emergency Medicine
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1 month
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ENT/Ophthalmology/NICU
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1 month
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In addition to their rotations, interns are assigned to the Family Medicine Center or Elk Valley Medical Center one or two half days per week for continuity care of primary patients.
Interns are able to attend regular conferences, including morning reports, grand rounds, outside seminars and the Wednesday afternoon conference series for the residency program. There is a longitudinal curriculum for additional training in osteopathic principles and OMT.
Family Medicine Residency Opportunity
The Rotating Osteopathic Internship is associated with our well–established ACGME–accredited Family Practice Residency Program and takes advantage of its multiple educational resources and expert faculty. The curriculum for the Rotating Osteopathic intern is designed to fulfill the requirements for PGY–1 for the Family Practice Residency Program. Successful graduates of the internship are eligible to attain PGY–2 status in the Family Practice Residency Program. Graduates of the residency program can sit for boards sponsored by the American Board of Family Medicine.
The residency program’s Family Medicine Center and Elk Valley Medical Center offer a large patient base for training experiences. Our faculty members are nationally recognized and include experts in academics, pediatrics, sports medicine, obstetrics, preventive medicine, geriatrics and pharmacy. In addition, we offer a rural medicine experience with a continuity clinic at our satellite family medicine center just outside of Erie.
Because our program is a traditional rotating internship, we also encourage students without an interest in Family Medicine to apply. For more information about the program or to request an application, please call Diane Whitney, Administrative Coordinator in the Medical Education Office, at 1-800-730-3003, or e-mail dwhitney@svhs.org.