Baylor College of Medicine Internal Medicine residents have graduated to a large variety of exciting and fulfilling opportunities, including advanced fellowship training, careers in academic medicine, hospital medicine, primary care, private practice and global health.
Post-Residency Career Plans (since 2003)
Approximately 60 percent of Baylor Internal Medicine residency graduates choose to pursue advanced fellowship training. For these residents, the Baylor program has developed a robust pathway centered around customized experiences within each of the subspecialties. Baylor residents have access to the following resources to build relationships with key faculty members and to ensure matching competitively within their chosen specialty:
- Dedicated Subspecialty Faculty Mentors
- Extensive Research Opportunities
- Clinical Research Electives
- Workshops on Research Methods
- Fellowship Forum (Q&A Session with Fellowship Directors)
- Residency Leadership Advisors
- Subspecialty Electives
Baylor residents have had a 100% fellowship match rate since 2014, and many elect to continue their training at Baylor’s nationally recognized subspecialty programs. Other program graduates advance to careers in general medicine, including outpatient and inpatient practice. See the table below for fellowship match and career plans of recent classes.
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Subspecialty/# Residents |
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Gastroenterology (23) |
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Hematology / Oncology (19) |
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Pulmonology / Critical Care (14) |
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Endocrinology (13) |
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Allergy & Immunology (4) |
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Nephrology (5) |
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Rheumatology (6) |
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Infectious Diseases (4) |
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| Geriatrics (n=3) |
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| Hospital Medicine (2020 graduates only; n=19) |
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| Primary Care (2020 graduates only; n=1) |
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Other |
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