Fast Facts
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and
Phoenix Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
provide a Internal Medicine Program, an Educational Innovations Project Program with the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Campus
More about our program:
- One of 21 Internal Medicine programs in the nation in the RRC’s Educational Innovations Project
- 20 Categorical Medicine, 11 Preliminary Medicine, six Medicine-Pediatric positions/year
- Primary clinical clerkship site for the University of Arizona College of Medicine
- University of Arizona College of Medicine clinical faculty
A true integration between two major educational institutions
We offer a collegial atmosphere and strong diverse patient population at two major teaching hospitals: Banner Good Samaritan, one of the largest quaternary care hospitals in the Southwest, and the Phoenix VA Medical Center, nationally recognized for research and award-winning care. Banner Good Samaritan is a Magnet hospital, and has been cited for 10 years as one of America’s “Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report.
- Full-time librarian to assist with evidence-based medicine searches, conference preparation, publications, etc.
- Off-site electives during senior year
- Moonlighting opportunities for upper-level residents
- Reimbursement provided for educational equipment/material for all PGY-1 residents
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Malpractice coverage
- Free ACP membership for categorical PGY-1s
- State-of-the-art Simulation Education and Training Center (SimET)
- Extensive community health experiences including Home Base Youth Services Mobile Van
- Career counseling/curriculum vitae and fellowship application advice
Benefits/Highlights
- 2008 salary for PGY-1 $46,000/yr
- Free health insurance for you and your family
- 3 weeks paid vacation/yr
- Meal allowance and free parking
- Exercise facility with lockers, showers and outdoor patio access
- Resident lounge and kitchen
- Remodeled call rooms
- Free Board Review (Challenger on-line and visiting professor “Awesome Review, Inc.”)
- Internet access in all team rooms and resident lounge
- Computer access to UpToDate, OVID, PubMed and Univerisity of Arizona medical library
- Intern retreat
- Resident day-retreats and teaching workshops
- Electronic medical record at VAMC
Fellowships
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Geriatric - Family Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
- Medical Toxicology
- Pulmonary/Critical Care
Other residency training programs at Banner Good Samaritan:
Banner Good Samaritan is an equal opportunity employer. The institution has a required drug testing policy prior to employment.
