Duke IM Residents Implement New Performance Metrics to Improve Patient Care
Hospitals increasingly rely on performance metrics like length of stay and readmission rates to inform their operations, metrics that also play a vital role in patient care and directly impact reimbursement and patient outcomes. Many medical trainees, however, receive limited formal education on how their daily actions influence such outcomes. This is where Duke Internal Medicine residents are making a difference.
2024-25 Internal Medicine Residency Awards Announced
Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2025 Duke Internal Medicine Residency Awards.
New Funding Awards May 2025
Congratulations to the following faculty members for receiving these sponsored research awards
Physical Diagnosis Interest Group Brings Bedside Learning to First-Year Medical Students
The Physical Diagnosis Interest Group (PDIG) is an informal, student-driven initiative designed to deepen physical exam skills through hands-on experience at the bedside. Although not an official Davison Council group, PDIG has been operating at Duke for about a decade. It continues to grow in popularity among students eager to translate their classroom learning into clinical practice.
Collaboration in Action: Duke Hosts 2025 Critical/Acute Care Datathon
Over one whirlwind weekend in April, Duke Health’s Center for Interprofessional Education and Care buzzed with the energy of over 60 clinicians, data scientists, and students united by a common pur
Duke Health POSH Inspires New South Korean Multidisciplinary Clinical Model
The Duke University Health System’s Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) clinical model, an interdisciplinary team-based
NAM President Victor J. Dzau Awarded Order of the Rising Sun – One of Japan’s Highest Honors
The government of Japan announced April 29 that Victor J.
PIONEER: Aligning Internal Medical Education and Realities of Clinical Care Delivery
To better prepare second-year Duke medical students for residency — and the real world — the internal medicine component of the School of Medicine’s outPatient Integrated lONgitudinal ExpERience (PIONEER) curriculum integrates early exposure to the outpatient setting — where much of medicine happens — with robust ambulatory training and faculty mentorship. The 16-week experience fosters high-quality mentoring opportunities for students while opening doors for workforce development and research collaboration with faculty preceptors.
Expanding Patient Care: New Saturday Hours for GI Endoscopy, Cardiac Cath Procedures
Duke University Health System is expanding patient care with the addition of new Saturday hours to meet the growing demand for cardiac catheterization procedures and gastroenterology endoscopic procedures.
Drs. Scott Palmer, Chris Beyrer Inducted into Association of American Physicians
Scott Palmer, MD, MHS, the Donald F. Fortin.