Division Statement | Faculty | Research/Scholarly Activity | ETSU Health Care in Kingsport, TN
The General Internal Medicine Division at Kingsport is a mixed inpatient and outpatient teaching practice.
The inpatient service is located at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport where the ward teaching service provides care for our own patients as well as the majority of unattached and uninsured patients admitted to Internal Medicine. One faculty member is assigned to this service on a rotating basis. Teaching is always a focus with the resident staff (typically 4 first year residents, 4 senior residents, and one chief resident) as well as medical students. Third year medical students are assigned as part of their Internal Medicine course, and fourth year students may perform subinternships.
The outpatient service is located at our offices at 4 Sheridan Square, near the Meadowview complex in Kingsport. Outpatient services are provided for our patients and resident continuity clinics are held daily. An outpatient resident curriculum has been developed and utilizes online learning. Students on rotation with our inpatient service are welcome to use any available free time for one on one teaching in the clinic.
Service is another strong area for our faculty. Faculty members have served on university committees, practice committees, and hospital roles including Department Chair, Medical Staff President, Ethics Committee Chair, and the hospital Board of Directors. Not all of our service is administrative, however, as several faculty members volunteer their services at a free clinic in downtown Kingsport.
We also encourage resident academic productivity through case reports and poster presentations. The group has published several papers on innovations in practice management, and one member has released a number of medical software programs.
Research
Research and academic productivity is encouraged at the General Internal Medicine Division at Kingsport in several ways. We encourage the development of case reports and poster presentations by residents and faculty. We have also published several papers on practice management techniques, including our system of dividing hospital responsibilities and methods of relaying test results to patients. We have also published over 25 medical computer programs, many for handheld devices, smartphones, and tablets.
Clerkship in Kingsport
Third year medical students at the Quillen College of Medicine are encouraged to pursue their general internal medicine clerkship with the Kingsport Division. Students are challenged with patient care responsibilities commensurate with experience and teaching is always a focus of the ward service. Any afternoon free time may be used to supplement the experience by spending one on one time with faculty at the outpatient office.
Fourth year students are encouraged to take on additional responsibilities as subinterns. A larger patient load and added duties as more is expected of our fourth year students.
Residents participate on our inpatient ward service. Patients come from our own practice as well as unattached patients admitted through the Emergency Department at Holston Valley Medical Center. An every-fourth call schedule allows for strong patient experience while keeping under the mandated duty hour limits. For details please see the Residency description.
Outpatient education of residents is also encouraged through continuity clinics as well as month long ambulatory rotations.
Both inpatient and outpatient experiences are enhanced through the use of online learning and lectures broadcast throughout the system.