The mission of the Emory Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program is to train compassionate physician-leaders who provide exceptional, equitable care across the lifespan, with a deep commitment to serving the most vulnerable patients and communities. Through an integrated curriculum in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, we prepare residents to deliver outstanding care in academic medical centers, safety-net hospitals, and community-based clinics while navigating complex medical needs across childhood and adulthood. We cultivate adaptive clinicians who promote health through prevention, partner meaningfully with their communities, advance health justice, create sustainable change, and lead with integrity, curiosity, and service. Our graduates are prepared to immerse themselves in the communities they serve and to lead in clinical care, education, scholarship, quality improvement, and systems-level advocacy to advance high-quality healthcare for all.
Vision Statement
To build a nationally recognized Med/Peds program whose graduates bridge the traditional boundaries between adult and pediatric care to improve health across the lifespan. We envision a community of physicians who are equally at home in academic, safety-net, and community settings; who develop enduring partnerships with patients and communities; and who use clinical excellence, scholarship, quality improvement, education, and advocacy to create more equitable and responsive systems of care. Our graduates will be prepared to lead wherever the needs of patients and communities are greatest.
Program Aims
The Emory Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program provides a diverse, integrated clinical, scholarly, and educational experience across a broad range of practice settings. In support of the program’s mission and vision, the program aims to:
1. Provide broad, equitable clinical training across diverse care settings and patient populations.
Residents train at Emory University Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Hughes Spalding, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, gaining experience in academic referral centers, safety-net environments, and community-based care.
2. Develop clinical excellence across the lifespan.
Residents receive robust training in general Internal Medicine and Pediatrics as well as adult and pediatric subspecialty care, developing the knowledge, clinical judgment, adaptability, and progressive autonomy needed to care for patients with common and complex health needs across childhood and adulthood.
3. Support individualized professional and career development.
Residents participate in individualized Med/Peds immersion experiences tailored to their career goals and professional development needs, leveraging the breadth and flexibility of combined training and the resources of both departments.
4. Integrate residents fully within Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
Med/Peds residents are active members of both departments and assume patient-care, teaching, leadership, and supervisory responsibilities appropriate to their postgraduate year and demonstrated competence.
5. Cultivate scholarship, inquiry, and lifelong learning.
Each resident engages in scholarly activity and completes at least one documented scholarly project during training, with mentorship and opportunities spanning clinical research, medical education, quality improvement, advocacy, and other forms of scholarship.
6. Develop physicians who improve systems of care through longitudinal quality improvement.
Residents participate in continuity clinic and complete at least one longitudinal, team-based ambulatory quality improvement project, using data and iterative improvement methods to strengthen care delivery and patient outcomes.
7. Prepare physician-leaders to partner with and advocate for communities.
Across clinical experiences and the longitudinal curriculum, residents develop the skills to identify and address health-related social needs, partner meaningfully with communities, advance health justice, and lead sustainable systems-level change for vulnerable populations.