Prime South GME Consortium-Southern Regional Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Southern Regional Medical Center's Internal Medicine Residency is a new, community hospital-based program (331 beds) operating under the Prime South GME Consortium, with a 4+1 inpatient/ambulatory block structure that separates continuity clinic from inpatient service weeks. The mission emphasizes serving an underserved community, advancing health equity, and addressing social determinants of health, reflecting a safety-net, community-oriented identity rather than a tertiary academic center. Research is present through a dedicated Director of Research and a PGY-3 research rotation, but the curriculum structure and stated goals (broad service delivery across inpatient, ambulatory, critical care, and ED settings; reducing physician shortage) point toward preparing generalist and subspecialty-track internists for practice rather than a research-driven academic mission. As an inaugural program (launched 2024) built within a Prime Healthcare system hospital, it appears to value adaptability, community commitment, and broad clinical versatility over a narrow subspecialty pipeline.