The Department of Internal Medicine offers 12 first postgraduate year (PGY-1) positions in its university-affiliated but independently approved Internal Medicine Residency Training Program. Positions are available in both a three year program directed toward eligibility to sit for the American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination and a single year program directed toward preparation for a residency in another specialty. The residency program is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and participates in the National Residency Matching Program.

The Residency Program offers a structured, university-style training program that includes third and fourth year medical students and full-time faculty, within the setting of a sophisticated, university-affiliated community hospital.

The Health Center's Internal Medicine Residency is a primary care oriented training program designed for clinically oriented physicians who are preparing for a career in general Internal Medicine, subspecialty medicine or clinically oriented academic medicine.

While the majority of graduates elect to enter primary care practice, it is of note that since 1981 over ninety percent of those residents who applied for fellowship training have been accepted into University subspecialty programs.  The Programs's three year rolling pass rate for first attempt on the ABIM Certfication Examination is comparable to the national average for recent graduates of Internal Medicine residencies.   The 2006 ABIM Board pass rate for the program  was 100%.

In addition to the traditional medical curriculum, that now includes more primary care subjects and outpatient office experience, residents are taught to cope with the real world requirements of today's changing practice environment. They are exposed to the basics of case management, quality assessment and improvement, peer review, cost-effective practice, practice management and ethical decision making.