Temple university hospital program internal medicine residency

If you come to Temple, you’ll find that resident camaraderie is one of our distinguishing features and deeply ingrained in our culture. The people you work with will truly become your extended family. We all care about each other and it shows every day. Whether it is from coverage on services, random pow-wows during a night shift, or getting together outside of the hospital. There is no shortage of happy hours, concerts, trivia nights, karaoke, restaurant weeks, sports outings, and weddings, just to name a few of the events we routinely enjoy in the fun-loving city of Philadelphia. We even exercise together! Philly offers all that you would want in a city, but we take it a step further and experience the best parts of the city together. During residency at Temple you’ll find a cohort of long lasting friendships and you will be forever part of the “Temple Family.”

During your training experience as a preliminary or categorical resident there are multiple opportunities during electives and clinic weeks to enjoy a golden weekend.  

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You may be wondering how it’s possible to have some semblance of a normal life during residency. The beauty of our 4+1 system is that categorical residents have a clinic week with a guaranteed golden weekend every 5th week. Our preliminary interns also enjoy an elective week every 5 weeks in place of clinic. These weeks are less busy, so naturally, we fill in the extra time outside of work by hanging out with each other. But because we are proponents of the motto “work hard, play hard,” you’ll see that our residents are not limited to enjoying themselves during these lighter weeks.

For evidence of our #templefam, see photos below or follow us on Instagram @templeim.

Temple University Hospital has been a fixture in its North Philadelphia neighborhood for over 125 years. Originally named Samaritan Hospital, TUH was founded by Reverend Russell Conwell, the founder of Temple University, in 1892 as a place to provide care to the inhabitants of the area. The School of Medicine, founded in 1901, was originally a night school to allow for those who needed to maintain a full time job to be able to study medicine.

Since then, Temple has developed and evolved to become a full-service medical center with facilities on this campus and others for the education of doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and other health professionals. Temple University Hospital-Main Campus is located on the Health Sciences Center campus in the Nicetown-Tioga section of North Philadelphia. Additional campuses are Jeanes Campus in Northeast Philadelphia, Episcopal Campus in the Kensington neighborhood, and Northeastern Campus in the Port Richmond neighborhood.

Highlights:

• 979-bed hospital
• 119 intensive care beds
• ECMO center with cardiac, cardiothoracic, surgical, burn, neurological, neurosurgical, and medical/respiratory ICUs
• During the height of COVID, a dedicated building for COVID-19 patients with flexibility for up to 250 patients
• Active heart, lung, liver, kidney, and multi-organ transplant programs
• Dedicated Heart Failure, Pulmonology, and Lung Transplant units
• Level 1 Trauma Center
• Active maternal health services

Fox Chase Cancer Center has the country's first charter as a cancer hospital and is located on a verdant campus in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, which borders Montgomery County. It is one of 20 comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. The Bone Marrow Transplant unit allows for a unique two-week rotation to expand education and experience with hematologic cancer treatment and emergencies.

The Health System also includes TUH – Jeanes Campus and TUH – Episcopal Campus (the clinical campus for the Department of Psychiatry). Formal rotations are not required at these hospitals but residents have opportunities to rotate with physicians at these sites if they desire.

Each year, these hospitals admit more than 6,000 patients to the medical services providing a combined average daily census of 400 patients whose primary care is the responsibility of the medical service teams. These inpatients, together with 20,000 medical outpatients and greater than 160,000 annual visits to Temple University Hospital's active emergency room, provide a wealth of exposure to diverse pathology and patient cases that leads to excellent educational experiences.

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