Mission
Our mission is to provide an engaging, diverse, adaptive learning environment to train future leaders in clinical care, research, advocacy, education, and innovation.
Pillars of our program
Clinical Development
- How we can help develop you as a physician.
- Emphasis on graduated autonomy across all rotations.
- Structured specialty exposure through outpatient threads.
- Multidisciplinary collaborative primary care.
- Clinical learning enhanced through work in a three hospital system.
Professional Development
- How we help you find and develop your "and".
- Comprehensive advising and mentoring programs.
- Unique tracks based on career interest including basic or clinical research, education, administration, quality improvement, global health, and advocacy.
- Opportunities for community engagement.
- Participation in departmental initiatives.
- Equity, inclusion, and upstander training.
Personal Development
- How we support your growth as a person while in training.
- Emphasis on Duke Family and camaderie.
- Residency "squads" to promote connection, mentorship, and community involvement.
- Structured mentorship including professional development coaching program.
- Holistic curricula including narrative medicine, arts in medicine curriculum, and debriefs.
- Cultivating an environment of balance and wellbeing.
Welcome to Duke Internal Medicine Residency
Duke Internal Medicine Residents explain why they chose to train at Duke - and what makes it such a welcoming and supportive program.
Spotlight: Best Uchehara, MD, MBA
"The Duke Family is kind, compassionate, and filled with many incredible people within the program from the leadership and staff to its residents and hospital faculty. Duke's supportive network of mentors and coaches truly help residents to blossom into their full potential!"
Spotlight: Meredith Srour, MD
"I was looking for a residency program where I would be supported professionally and personally, and where I would have the opportunity to explore all fields of medicine. Duke is the perfect place for just that. Every day I learn something new from the amazing people we work with and the patients we care for."