2007- 2008 Fact Sheet

The Learning Community

• 144 Categorical Internal Medicine Residents; 24 Preliminary Residents
• 4 Chief Medical Residents
• 83 medical schools represented
• 80Mayo Medical Students and 50 Visiting Student Clerks per year
• >1,000 total Mayo Rochester residents in 100 accredited Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education residency programs at Mayo Rochester
• More than 1,700 residents, fellows, and pre-doctoral students at Mayo Clinic Rochester
• More than 600 Internal Medicine Faculty (no private attendings) 

Patient Base and Care Environment
(For patient care statistics, please visit: http://www.mayoclinic.org/about/rochester.html)

• On a typical day ~4,000 patients will be receiving care at Mayo Clinic Rochester.
• ~ 80% of patients are from Minnesota, Iowa or Wisconsin.
• ~ 33% of patients are Medicare, 10-15% of resident patients are from underserved communities.
• Mayo Clinic Rochester's two hospitals, Emergency Department and Clinic buildings are all within walking distance.
• Industry leader for electronic medical record, which includes online x-ray viewing.
• Multiple divisions ranked in the 2006, U.S. News and World Report "National Top 10 Specialty Rankings".
  • #1 - GI
  • #1 - Endocrinology
  • #1 - Neurology
  • #2 - Cardiology
  • #2 - Pulmonary
  • #2 - Nephrology
  • #2 - Rheumatology
  • #4 - Oncology

Residency Outcomes

• 2003-2006 ABIM Certifying Examination Pass Rate 99%; Mayo ranks in top 5% of university medical centers in ABIM pass rates.
  (For information about our Graduate Outcomes, please visit our Career Development page).
• Resident careers 2001-2007:
  • CV - 28%
  • Gen Med - 16%
  • GI - 14%
  • Heme/Onc - 14%
  • Pulm - 6%
  • Endo - 4%
  • Neph - 6%
  • Rheum - 4%
  • ID - 3%
  • Geriatrics - 2%
  • Allergy - 2%
• Mayo residents are highly successful in obtaining the fellowship of their choice.
• 50% of Mayo graduates are in academic positions throughout the United States.

Scholarship

• Research Funding - Internal Medicine 2006: Extramural funding, including NIH awards, $134.2 million.
  (For information on Research, please visit the Mayo Clinic Rochester Research website).
• >4,700 peer reviewed manuscripts, and >1,800 book chapter citations for Mayo Internal Medicine faculty per year over the past 3 years.
• Scholarly activity (average per 3rd year resident): 6-7 projects; 4-5 abstracts or presentations; 2 peer-reviewed manuscript published; 3 more peer-reviewed manuscripts accepted, submitted or in preparation.
• Residents average 4 Mayo-sponsored trips for scientific presentation and 1 trip for attendance per resident during 2nd and 3rd years.
• Mayo ranks #1 in number of winners nationally in the American College of Physicians Resident Research Competition.

Program Highlights

• Over 3 years, residents spend on average ~50% of their time in outpatient/consultative settings and ~50% of their time on inpatient services
  (For more information, please visit 'Resident Responsibilities'.)
• 23 inpatient teaching services. All patients on teaching services are cared for by teams of residents and a single teaching/supervising attending. There are no private patients or attendings.
• Of the >600 faculty, ~200 are selected to work with residents on the basis of evaluations from the residents.
• Average procedures/resident: 63 (including 12 central lines/resident).
• Duty-hour Limits: We are fully committed to the ACGME guidelines for duty hours. Long-call occurs one in 4-6 nights on inpatient services. A variety of mechanisms are employed to ensure compliance with the ACGME guidelines. (See Resident Responsibilities.)
• On all inpatient rotations, residents have at least one day off each week.
• Each resident completes a 3-year curriculum in Evidence-Based Medicine and presents at the Clinical Decision Making Journal Club as a participant and intern tutor.
  (For information, please visit our Curriculum page.)
• Each resident completes a curriculum in Teaching and the Science of Medical Education.
• Up-to-Date, and an extensive array of electronic textbooks are provided to residents. An 8-week intensive ABIM Board Review Course is incorporated into the program.
  (For information on educational conferences and small group teaching sessions, please visit our Educational Program and Resources page.)
• Elective opportunities (with travel and housing provided) at Mayo Clinic sites in Jacksonville, FL and Scottsdale, AZ.
• Consistently updated resident website with quick navigation/access to schedules, etc.
• Residents' Council (i.e. residents selected by their peers) meets monthly with the Program Director and leadership to continuously improve the program.
• PGY-1 salary: $45,344. PGY-3 salary: $49,173. Salaries as of July 2005.
  (For more on salaries and benefits, please visit Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education's Compensation and Benefits page.)
• Vacation: 15 days/year (i.e. 3 seven-day blocks).

Recent Innovations

• ACGME-designated Educational Innovation Project participant.
• Increased elective time and opportunities, reduction in inpatient-call months, 1 in 6 long-call for all intern rotations .
• Regular use of 'Option Finder' audience participation system for conferences.
• Web-based electronic curriculum for each rotation.
  (For more information, please visit our Educational Program and Resources page.)
• Mayo International Health Program - Scholarships of up to $2,000 are available for third-world health-care elective rotation.
• Simulation Center experiences .
• Intensified airway intubation experience and workshop during MICU rotation .
• Enhanced computer access including computers in each call room.
• Web-based resident evaluation of faculty, rotations, and peers.

Things to do in Rochester

• Mayo Applicants' Community Connection
• Cultural Activities in and around Rochester.
  Rochester and Southern Minnesota is home to a variety of cultural activities. Some theatrical and musical opportunities in the area include:
• Commonweal Theatre
• Jon Hassler Theatre
• Masque Youth Theatre and School, Inc.
• Rochester Art Center
• Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble
• Rochester Civic Music
• Rochester Civic Theatre
• Rochester Repertory Theatre Company
• Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale
• Sports and leisure time in and around Rochester.

A short sample of what's available in and around Rochester includes:

• Recreation leagues for basketball, broomball, football, soccer, softball.
• Outdoor activities including, but not limited to, biking, hiking, skiing (downhill and cross country), fishing, tennis, hunting and climbing (both indoors and outdoors), sailing, canoeing.
• Professional and amateur sports: Rochester Honkers baseball, Rochester Mustangs hockey, Minnesota Wild hockey, Minnesota Twins baseball, Minnesota Vikings football. In addition there many are opportunities to watch city league, high school and college sporting events.
• Tours: Forestville/Mystery cave, Spring Valley caverns (Cave Farm Karst Preserve), Assisi Heights, Mayowood (Olmsted County Historical Society), Heritage House and Plummer House. In addition, Amish tours are available just south of Rochester.

Popular "get aways": Lake Pepin - Mississippi River (35 min.), Red Wing, Minn. (45 min.), Twin Cities - Minneapolis/St. Paul (80 min.).