Henry Ford Health-Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Henry Ford Jackson Hospital's Internal Medicine program is a small, young, community-based residency (established 2015, expanded to eight residents per class) set in a 420-bed Level II trauma center serving south-central Michigan and an underserved population through the affiliated Center for Family Health. With no fellows and no subspecialty hierarchy competing for procedures, residents work directly and closely with attendings in small teams, gaining unopposed procedural exposure and individualized mentoring rather than large-institution anonymity. Research is present but limited to an ACGME-mandated QI project plus optional presentation at regional/national meetings (ACP, AHA, Henry Ford symposia), reflecting a clinically oriented, not research-driven, culture. The program explicitly values teachable, adaptable, hard-working residents who will help build and shape a still-developing program, and its curriculum balances broad inpatient/ICU/night-float training with continuity clinic, subspecialty exposure, and elective time for residents pursuing fellowship pathways.