American College of Graduate Medical Education [ACGME] accreditation status at Carolinas Medical Center:

• The Department of Internal Medicine was reviewed by the ACGME/RRC [Residency Review Committee] in January 2007
• We were extremely pleased to receive a 5 year cycle of accreditation from the ACGME in July 2007
• Five years is the highest cycle length that a program can receive from the ACGME/RRC; we are thrilled to be bestowed with such an outstanding rating from the ACGME

Advantages at Carolinas Medical Center:

• Family type environment with close knit faculty and residents
• Friendly community hospital less than 5 minutes from downtown Charlotte
• Practical emphasis on real world medicine
• Enormous patient diversity
• Extremely involved and accessible Chair and Program Director
• Dedicated to ACGME work hour rules
• Excellent fellowship placement
• University trained academic faculty
• Daily conferences and Morning Report open to all
• Medical Students from UNC-Chapel Hill year round
• Over 99% ABIM pass rate 1996-2006
• 100% ABIM pass rate 1996-2003
• 24 hour ancillary services [phlebotomy, ABG's, IV team and transport]
• State of the art technology
• Faculty run ABIM review course
• Moonlighting opportunities available for PGY2/3 residents
• Located in a terrific city - Charlotte!
• Abundance of educational opportunities

Additional Benefits at Carolinas Medical Center:

• Salaries at 75th percentile
  • PGY-1 $43,698
  • PGY-2 $44,797
  • PGY-3 $46,365
• 10 days vacation plus 5 days at Christmas or New Year's
  • 5 additional days for PGY3 residents
• Health and Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401K plan option
• $1900 spending money/allotment per year - may be used for CME in PGY2/3 year
• Free Lunch Daily plus a generous meal point allotment
• Free Covered Parking next to the hospital
• Free Lab Coats
• Free Copying and Literature Searches

Technology at Carolinas Medical Center:

• Entire hospital is wireless - allows connection to the Internet from any handheld device
• Free Wireless Pocket PC [IPAQ] provided to every intern during Orientation - includes a patient data tracking program (Mercury MD)
• MEDHUB system - all schedules, curriculum, evaluations, and procedure logging are done online
• UpToDate, MDConsult - available free from any computer
• UNC Digital Library - also free, access to dozens of electronic textbooks and hundreds of electronic journals
• Stentor - allows visualization of Radiology images - digital images are available on all computers
• MUSE and MEDCON programs allow you to access all old Electrocardiogram [EKG] and Echocardiography reports
• SECUREID passes issued to all residents allowing access to all of these programs from your home computer