If you're reading this, you've come to the right place. No really, I can honestly say that my years as a resident of the Kettering Health Internal Medicine Program have been some of the best years of my life. We hope you will come to see that at Kettering Health-when you're here your family. And as members of our family, your success is our success-it is in our best interest to help you reach your academic and professional goals. We have a proven track record of doing so as a top 12% program in the nation with residents that consistently match into their top 2 fellowship choices each cycle-and we only have intentions of being even better. So, if you are looking for a program that feels like home, a program that is interested in supporting you both professionally and as a person, then refer to my first sentence and come check us out in the southwest corner of Ohio. It would be a privilege and an honor to have you as part of the Kettering Family.

Culture of support

Residency is challenging and your learning environment shouldn't add to it. Kettering is unique in a way that we often say, "you have to see it to believe it!" From the moment you walk in you feel like part of a big family. Our medical education staff are nothing short of amazing and you will feel their support at every point in your training. Our culture has been intentionally cultivated to be positive, nurturing, and inclusive, and with your professional growth in mind. Residents are always encouraged to ask questions and give feedback to help continually improve and strengthen our program. In fact, many of the changes in our program are resident-led!

Academic opportunities

At Kettering, you have ample opportunities for numerous publications and presentations, with some recent graduates having 40+ publications during their residency as well as writing book chapters and presenting at national conferences. There are also plenty of opportunities for those interested more in teaching and/or leadership roles both within the residency and in the hospital. For those that are more clinically inclined, you can choose to focus on spending extra time to get additional proficiency on procedures or other areas of patient management.

If you are particularly interested in fellowship training in the future, your curriculum can be customized to focus more on a chosen specialty and gain additional experience relevant to your interests. We have a strong track record of our residents consistently matching into their top 2-3 fellowships. To assure continued success we have developed a "Pathway to Fellowship" program that provides support and guidance from the start of your residency to help you realize your goals.

Success after graduating

Our attendings provide excellent clinical and didactic training that prepares us for success after residency. They do a fantastic job of balancing autonomy and independence with support, availability, and teaching, to give us the ability to grow into confident and proficient physicians. We see a wide variety of pathologies with a good patient workload that keeps us learning and busy. Many of our residents go on to competitive fellowships or hospitalist positions at excellent institutions and have excelled with their skills and knowledge level from their training at Kettering. As I am now transitioning into the role of attending, I can appreciate the quality of teaching and confidence that I have been provided by my training.

We also focus on preparing our residents for success on their boards, with a current 97% pass rate (3-year-rolling average) that puts our program in the top 12% in the country. Teaching for boards is woven into noon conference didactic sessions and residents are provided free board review materials with MKSAP, UWorld and Mayo Board Review at different times during their training.

Additional perks

And of course, I can't forget to mention some of the perks of being a Kettering IM Resident that make resident life a lot more enjoyable:

Abundance of delicious food! (Always with vegetarian options as well)
Free covered parking
Low cost of living with competitive pay
Dragon dictation devices for note-writing (saves SO much time and probably prevents some carpal tunnel cases from typing those H&Ps)
EPIC access from home (including Dragon dictation using your phone)
Free Up-to-Date access (including on your smartphone)
Free MKSAP for all 3 years of residency (excellent national IM board review course)
Hospital sponsored resident activities
2 recently remodeled resident lounges with lots of computers and space to work (one lounge at each hospital)

I hope this helps explain why I think Kettering Health is such an incredible place to train. I look forward to meeting you, introducing you to our wonderful residents, and possibly having the privilege of welcoming you into the Kettering family in the future!

Warmest regards,
Wam Akakulu, MD

Contact:

Talena Trenum
Residency Administrator
Transitional Year Residency Program