The educational programs in the Department of Medicine offer students, residents, and fellows learning at the highest level in internal medicine and its subspecialties. Our goal is to attract the best learners in the country and to provide them experiences that will advance their careers in exciting, fun, and sometimesunanticipated ways. We have succeeded in this goal, as indicated by the competitiveness of our residency programs and the ratings of learners, who consistently rank the Department's faculty among the top teachers at UCSF. We are committed to building on our success so that diverse learners seek the Department's programs for training that is the best in the country.

UCSF's 3 internal medicine residency programs attract housestaff from over 20 US medical schools to produce leaders in academic medicine, public health, and clinical practice. We also offer 14 ACGME-accredited fellowship programs that receive over 1000 applications each year. Each year, over 500 residents and fellows conduct their training at UCSF's primary training sites, which include UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center.