Successes in Graduate and Undergraduate Medical Education for 2023-24

The Department of Medicine takes great pride in its ability to provide a harmonized education experience for all its learners, regardless of where in the state they choose to study. IU School of Medicine encompasses nine regional campuses, and Department of Medicine faculty members serve on each campus.

Student surveys show that 92% of learners in 2023-24 rate the third-year internal medicine clerkship as good or excellent (50th percentile nationally), which is up from the 22nd percentile the year before. Department faculty are effective teachers for the clerkship, according to 91% of students; and 98% of students confirm that the department’s residents are effective teachers for the clerkship.

NBME Shelf Exam score average was 52nd percentile, continuing to be above the 50th percentile as required by IU School of Medicine.

The department offers an internal medicine residency program and a combined IM/pediatrics residency in Indianapolis, as well as regional internal medicine residency program in Evansville (Southwest) and Muncie. A third regional program in Bloomington is slated to begin in 2026.

Indianapolis internal medicine residency celebrated a 100% pass rate on the ABIM in 2023 (the national average is 89%).

The Muncie Residency Program graduated its 50th residency class in 2024, and five residents successfully matched into fellowships. The program has consistently had a 96% board pass rate over the past 3 years and plans to expand from 24 residents to 27 residents in 2024-25.

Residents from the Southwest Internal Medicine program regularly participate in research and submitted multiple abstracts in 2023-24. All residents presented at local evidence-based medicine and morbidity/mortality conferences, and many attended national conferences along faculty.