Our residents rate our Academic Half Day curriculum as one of the great strengths of our residency. The whole program joins together each week for three hours of dedicated, uninterrupted learning. Attendings carry resident pagers and handle all patient care issues during that time, so it is truly protected learning time.

Each month is focused on a different field in medicine, so that over the course of an academic year, you will have reviewed nearly all content that is covered on the board exam. All of our AHD lectures are recorded and archived for future review.  

The last AHD of each month is dedicated to a thorough review of topics within our monthly focus area of medicine. Residents complete a 20-question board-style exam followed by a complete review of the answers.  Click below to hear a question review sample.

Resident Report is Morning Report but at Noon-time!  These case conferences occur at both Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix and the Phoenix VA for all residents on wards.  Residents on subspecialty electives, ICU and Night Float are excused.  Three mornings a week, senior residents present a clinical case of a patient recently cared for in the wards.  Housestaff work through cases under the guidance of the chief resident.

Additional information on our program's Didactics can be found here 

Each June, residents get to practice taking a mock board exam followed by a full review of the questions.  We believe that comfort with the material and with a test-taking environment reduces stress and improves performance during the real thing!  Click below for an introduction to our board exam review. 

End-of-Year Mock Board Exam Review