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Internal Medicine Program Requirements

All requirements have been updated to include the new standards for resident supervision and duty hours approved by the ACGME Board of Directors effective July 1, 2011.

Currently in Effect	Effective Date	Adobe PDF
Internal Medicine	7/2009
Addendum to the Program Requirements for Residency Education in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics - Program Requirements for Residency Education in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics.
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics	6/2006
Note: The subspecialty requirements of internal medicine must be viewed within the context of the general requirements and the procedures documents. Please download the subspecialty requirements, the general requirements and the procedural documents to understand what the program must do to be in substantial compliance with the Essentials.
Subspecialties General Requirements	7/2007
Policies and Procedures for Subspecialties

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	2/4/2012
Cardiovascular Disease	7/2005
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	7/2005
Critical Care Medicine	7/2005
Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism	7/2005
Gastroenterology	7/2005
Geriatric Medicine	7/2006
Hematology	7/2005
Hematology/Oncology	7/2005
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (The RRC for Family Medicine will review and accredit all hospice and palliative medicine programs regardless of the sponsoring specialty of the individual program. Click here to view the requirements.)
Infectious Disease	7/2005
Interventional Cardiology	7/2005
Medical Oncology	7/2005
Nephrology	7/2005
Pulmonary Disease	7/2005
Pulmonary/Critical Care	7/2005
Rheumatology	7/2005
Sleep Medicine (minor revision: 04/12/2008)	6/2004
Sports Medicine (The RRC for Family Medicine will review and accredit all sports medicine programs regardless of the sponsoring specialty of the individual program. Click here to view the requirements.)
Transplant Hepatology	6/2006

Approved but Not in Effect	Effective Date	Adobe PDF
Cardiovascular Disease	7/1/2012
Cardiovascular Disease (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	7/1/2012
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Critical Care Medicine	7/1/2012
Critical Care Medicine (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism	7/1/2012
Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Gastroenterology	7/1/2012
Gastroenterology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Hematology	7/1/2012
Hematology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Hematology/Oncology	7/1/2012
Hematology/Oncology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Infectious Disease	7/1/2012
Infectious Disease (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Interventional Cardiology	7/1/2012
Interventional Cardiology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Medical Oncology	7/1/2012
Medical Oncology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Nephrology	7/1/2012
Nephrology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Pulmonary Disease	7/1/2012
Pulmonary Disease (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Pulmonary/Critical Care	7/1/2012
Pulmonary/Critical Care (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Rheumatology	7/1/2012
Rheumatology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Sleep Medicine	7/1/2012
Sleep Medicine (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
Transplant Hepatology	7/1/2012
Transplant Hepatology (tracked changes copy)	7/1/2012
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