Charleston Area Medical Center-CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is a large community-based, university-affiliated academic medical center (a regional campus for WVU School of Medicine and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine) built around a 1,138-bed, seven-hospital regional referral system serving Charleston and surrounding Appalachian communities. The Internal Medicine residency operates within a broader GME enterprise of 20+ ACGME programs alongside in-house cardiovascular disease, critical care, GI, hematology-oncology, palliative medicine, and pulmonary/critical care fellowships, giving residents built-in subspecialty exposure and fellowship pathways without leaving the institution. Research is institutionally supported rather than mandatory, with dedicated infrastructure (Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, IRB, annual Research Day with cash awards, WVCTSI partnership) that residents can access for scholarly projects. The program emphasizes hands-on procedural and simulation training through the CAMC Center for Learning and Research, close faculty mentorship, and a collaborative teaching culture involving both WVSOM and WVU medical students, positioning graduates for either fellowship subspecialization or community-based general internal medicine practice in an underserved regional referral setting.