Jefferson Health New Jersey Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a DO-affiliated community-based internal medicine program built on a longstanding partnership between Jefferson Health New Jersey (formerly Kennedy) and Rowan-SOM, training residents across three primary community hospitals plus an additional affiliate hospital and osteopathic ambulatory sites. The program emphasizes hands-on clinical practice in a high-acuity, multidisciplinary environment, with a longitudinal continuity clinic (launched 2022) in which residents serve as primary care provider for a patient panel, managing chronic disease and self-evaluating practice patterns. There is no evidence of a research-heavy or subspecialty-fellowship-driven identity; the structure and emphasis instead point toward generalist clinical competency, continuity of care, and osteopathic-allopathic collaborative training. The program appears to value well-rounded, team-oriented clinicians comfortable working across multiple community hospital sites rather than a single tertiary academic center.