Unity Health Internal Medicine Residency Program

Welcome to the Unity Health Internal Medicine Residency Program homepage. We are excited that you are here and interested in learning about our residency program.

We are very proud to offer residency education that is focused on cultivating physicians that will be ready for independent practice in primary care, hospitalist medicine, and subspeciality training. We are a community hospital but service an eight-county area and see a diverse range of pathology. Our faculty, both medical and non-medical, are dedicated to aiding our trainees in becoming adept at providing high-quality patient care through evidence-based practice and improving your skills in quality improvement and research

I encourage you to explore the following information about our programs and contact us with any questions.

Courtney M. Hicks, MD

Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease

Internal Medicine Program Director

Our didactic curriculum includes MKSAP (ACP), Yale Office Curriculum, Medstudy Audio Companion and Rosh Review. We expose our internal medicine residents to a diverse range of pathology through one-on-one subspecialty rotations at a variety of medical sites.

In addition to the block schedule below, internal medicine residents have access to:

• Night float rotations one month per year instead of overnight calls
• Procedural experience starting in PGY 1. Residents may perform central lines, thoracentesis, paracentesis, chest tubes, arterial lines and lumbar punctures
• A full simulation lab with procedures and ACLS scenarios

Site 1: Unity Health - White County Medical Center; Site 2: Conway Regional Physician Hospital Organization; Site 3: CHI St. Vincent Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic; Site 4: Arkansas Diabetes and Endocrinology Center; Site 5: Crossroads for Women; Site 6: CHI St. Vincent Primary Care-Jacksonville – Braden; Site 7: Arkansas Digestive Disease Clinic.

Our department has a dedicated director of scholarly activity who actively works with both the faculty and residents on research projects, Journal Club and quality improvement projects.

During your residency at Unity Health, you'll work with the director of research to complete and promote your individual research.

Learn more about our scholarly activity requirements.

Stephen Wagner, M.D., ACP, FAAP
Associate Program Director
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine

Susan Fell
Internal Medicine Program Coordinator

First year

Second year

We accept residency applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). We proudly participate in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) and use code number 2104140C0. Our ACGME Program ID is 1400400927.

We accept 10 talented internal medicine residents annually. Here are some of the preferred applicant qualifications we look for:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Preferred applicant USMLE scores of Step 1 – 205 and Step 2 – 210 or greater or COMLEX scores of Level 1 – 405 and Level 2 – 415 or greater
• Preferred applicants are within two years of medical school graduation
• Dean's letter or Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
• Three letters of recommendation
• ECGMG certification, if applicable, by June 2020

Interested in applying for an audition rotation? Learn more.

Unity Health will consider applicants who are U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents and other individuals with work authorizations that do not require visa sponsorship by Unity Health.

Unity Health does not sponsor any visas or allow observerships.