Welcome to the website of the University of Hawai’i Internal Medicine Residency Program (UHIMRP). I hope that you find the information here helpful to you.

Since UHIMRP began in 1975, we have trained hundreds of highly skilled Internal Medicine specialists. While the strength of UHIMRP has traditionally been its emphasis on General Internal Medicine and Ambulatory Care, our graduates have gone on to a variety of activities, including primary care in Hawaii, as parts of the United States and in other countries, fellowships in every subspecialty in programs throughout the country, Hospitalist positions, academic medicine, and research. Our curriculum fulfills ACGME Competency-based requirements in medical knowledge, patient care, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, patient care, practice-based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice. With our emphasis on evidence-based medicine, critical appraisal of the literature, and the ongoing need for self-education, our graduates are well prepared for the challenges they will face in their careers. Since the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) utilizes a Problem-based Learning curriculum, our faculty members are skilled in facilitating and encouraging resident learning.

One of the wonderful features of Hawaii is its multicultural character. This is also true of our residency program, our faculty and our patient population. While required ambulatory rotations and inpatient teaching rounds are the responsibility of full-time faculty, we utilize community hospitals and outpatient continuity clinic sites which allow residents interact with a variety of physicians in practice who are dedicated faculty. Thus residents experience a variety of approaches to patient management as well as the traditional clinical teaching structure.

I view UHIMRP as an extended family. We all work together to provide the best patient care possible, the best education for our residents in an atmosphere of collegiality shared responsibility and professionalism. We are all aware of the special character of Hawai’i, we strive to appreciate the diversity and openness of Aloha in all that we do.