The program’s first class of students began July 1. According to Johns Hopkins’ website, students are trained in the inner-city outpatient environment and receive dual certification in internal medicine and pediatrics to prepare them to treat patients of all ages.
Interns complete rotations in nontraditional urban settings, work in clinics and learn about healthcare financing. In addition to the dual certification, students also receive extended instruction on the topics of substance abuse, urban violence and psychiatric illness.
According to the Baltimore Sun report, the Department of Health and Human Services found approximately two-thirds of new physicians were moving on to careers in subspecialties.
Read the Baltimore Sun report on Johns Hopkins’ Urban Health Residency Program.
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