Training & Education
Methodist San Antonio Internal Medicine Residency offers rigorous clinical education and leadership development. We emphasize inclusive excellence and deliver unparalleled education in a supportive environment.
Mission
To cultivate residents who will become exemplary physicians, as measured by their passion, humanism, integrity and clinical excellence.
Vision
To build the largest, most organized, structured and academically rigorous Internal Medicine Residency Program within San Antonio, recognized for producing strong clinicians, top fellowship candidates and innovators who advance the future of medicine.
Critical Care Services
The intensive care units at Methodist Main Hospital offer residents the opportunity to learn under the direction of CCM faculty, as well as faculty members from cardiothoracic surgery, nephrology, cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, general surgery, and the advanced heart failure team. Residents rotate through 7S MICU, 7S LR, and CVICU, in addition to Metropolitan MICU. Each resident will complete six or more ICU rotations. Residents will care for patients after transplantation (heart, lung, liver, kidney) and manage patients on ECMO and VAD.
Inpatient Services
Our unique model allows for dedicated exposure to multiple subspecialties. The inpatient services at Methodist Hospital allow for wide exposure to hospitalized patients and a broad spectrum of pathology. Senior staff are responsible for overall supervision and teaching rounds are conducted daily. Additional support includes on-site pharmacists, therapists, a wound care team, PICC team, case managers, and dietitians.
Cardiology Services
Methodist Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio is the largest cardiology practice in the area, having provided superior patient-centered services since 1984. Residents provide care in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases alongside more than 50 expert cardiologists. Methodist Hospital is a tertiary hospital accepting complex cardiac referrals including advanced heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and lung/heart transplant.
Serving Community
Residents serve 74 counties of South Texas. Methodist Healthcare is the largest private funding source for uninsured and underinsured patients in the region. Methodist Healthcare Ministries operates two primary care clinics in San Antonio — Wesley Health & Wellness Center and Dixon Health & Wellness Center — in addition to one George Ricks School Based Health Center in Guadalupe County.
Procedures
Being on the inpatient services at Methodist Hospital, a tertiary care center, means residents provide various procedures for some of the sickest patients in South Texas. Exposure includes: