Department of Internal Medicine 
               
                                 RESIDENCY PROGRAM - MONTHLY EXAM GUIDELINES 
                                                                       
              Monthly exams are directly related to the resident’s Medical Knowledge competency training.  A 
              monthly exam will be administered to all residents on the last Tuesday of every month from 
              7:30am to 8:30am (in lieu of morning report).  Each exam is composed of 40 questions.  
              Questions will be randomly selected by the Program Director every month.   
               
              MKSAP 14 Books 
              The questions for the General Internal Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care, & Specific 
              Subspecialty exams will be given from the MKSAP 14. 
               
                      GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE EXAM 
                      Residents rotating in the WARDS will take this exam. 
               
                      PULMONARY/CRITICAL CARE EXAM 
                      Residents rotating in the ICU will take this exam. 
               
                      SPECIFIC SUBSPECIALTY EXAM 
                      Residents rotating in the following subspecialties will take this exam. 
                            Cardiology Infectious Diseases 
                            Endocrinology Nephrology 
                            Gastroenterology Pulmonology 
                            Hematology/Oncology Rheumatology 
               
              HARRISON’S ONLINE SELF-ASSESSMENT 
              The questions for the Ambulatory exam will be from the Harrison’s Online Self-Assessment. 
                          o   http://www.accessmedicine.com/features.aspx  
                          o   Once you are logged in to this page, then click on ‘Self-Assess’ (blue bar) located at the top 
                          o   Then click on ‘Take a Harrison’s Online Test’ located towards the middle of the page (left side) in 
                              blue letters and follow the prompts. 
               
                      AMBULATORY MEDICINE EXAM 
                      Residents rotating in the following rotations will take this exam. 
                                  Clinic Orthopedics 
                                  Dermatology Pathology 
                                  ENT Psychiatry 
                                  Geriatrics Radiology 
                                  Ophthalmology Research 
               
              EXEMPT rotations:                                 MAKE-UP exams:  
                    ER                                         Make-up exams will be given to residents for the following 
                    Night Float                                reasons AND will be given during the first week of the following 
                    Out of Town (Away Rotation)                month.   
                                                                      On Post-Call 
                                                                      On Vacation 
                                                                      Day Off 
                                                                      NO PASS 
                                                                      Other reason – as applicable 
                                                                 
               
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