Intermountain Health-Saint Joseph Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Saint Joseph Hospital's Internal Medicine Residency is an academic-community program based at a 400-bed, top-ranked tertiary referral hospital in Denver, combining broad general-medicine training with a mission explicitly centered on caring for poor and vulnerable populations, most visibly through the resident-run Caritas Clinic and partnerships with National Jewish Health and Kaiser Permanente. The program's distinguishing features are procedural: a longitudinal POCUS curriculum in which every resident carries a personal Butterfly IQ+ device, a dedicated ECG curriculum, and a simulation center, layered onto structured quality-improvement projects required of interns and seniors. Research and scholarly activity are available and integrated (QI projects, senior clinic projects, elective research time) but are not positioned as the program's defining output; instead the stated aim is producing well-rounded internists prepared for hospitalist, ambulatory, rural, or subspecialty careers with mentorship tailored to whichever path a resident chooses. The program values self-motivated, communication-strong residents who fit its small, self-described "work family" culture and its explicit commitment to underserved, holistic care.