Detroit Medical Center-Wayne State University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a safety-net, university-affiliated Med-Peds program training residents across five hospitals in midtown Detroit, including level one trauma centers at Children's Hospital of Michigan and Detroit Receiving Hospital, with an explicit mission centered on health equity, structural racism, and social determinants of health in an urban, underserved population. The curriculum is primary-care-anchored (16-block structured intern year split evenly between medicine and pediatrics, dedicated Med-Peds continuity clinic, protected board study time, clinic-supervisor QI/teaching blocks) while flexible elective scheduling accommodates global health, community health, and transitional medicine interests. Graduate outcomes show a majority pursuing Med-Peds primary care, hospitalist, or community/population health roles, with a meaningful minority entering subspecialty fellowships (cardiology, pulm/critical care, heme-onc, allergy/immunology) and several progressing to academic Med-Peds chief resident or associate program director roles. The program values residents drawn to advocacy, community immersion, and comprehensive primary care as a foundation, even for those ultimately subspecializing.