University of Utah Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

University of Utah Internal Medicine is a university-based, academically-oriented categorical program anchored by a research-intensive department with substantial NIH and total funding, a dedicated Physician Scientist Training Pathway, and formal QI/research curricula spanning three core clinical sites (University Hospital, VA, Intermountain Medical Center). Beyond the standard track, it offers named pathways—Global Health & Underserved, Hospital Medicine, Medicine-Geriatrics, and an enhanced Primary Care Track—reflecting a deliberate structure for residents pursuing subspecialty fellowship, primary care, hospitalist, or physician-scientist careers rather than a single default trajectory. The program emphasizes structured mentorship (resident-mentor pairs producing peer-reviewed publications), dedicated research/scholarship elective time (up to 10 weeks), and health-systems/implementation science strengths tied to Intermountain's value-based care model and VA quality infrastructure. It appears to value residents who can articulate a defined scholarly or population-health interest early, given the track-selection process occurring during PGY1 and the emphasis on individualized mentor matching.