Yale-New Haven Medical Center Primary Care Program

Program Identity & Fit

Yale's Primary Care Residency (YPC) is a university-based categorical internal medicine program built explicitly around generalism, health equity, and community-engaged practice, sitting within an NIH-top-10 research department while training residents to become "masterful general internists" rather than subspecialty-bound trainees. Clinical training spans Yale New Haven Hospital and the West Haven VA, with a defined HIV Primary Care track (2 of 18 annual positions, separate NRMP number) reflecting a programmatic commitment to underserved and chronic-disease-focused populations. Scholarship is structured but modest in scope relative to the categorical/physician-scientist tracks: all residents complete a scholarly project (case report, curriculum development, QI, or hypothesis-driven research), with dedicated half-days and elective time available, and results are presented regionally (SGIM, ACP-CT) rather than positioned as a pipeline to subspecialty fellowship. The program's stated mission - clinical excellence, transformative medical education, and health equity - alongside its Distinction Pathways (Global Health, QI, Race/Bias/Advocacy, Clinician Educator) signals that it values residents oriented toward primary care leadership, community health, education, and advocacy over procedural subspecialty ambition.