The curriculum of the UHIMRP is designed to develop outstanding clinicians. The major goal of the Program is to prepare physicians to be General Internists who can competently manage the healthcare of adults utilizing the full range of medical and technological advances while maintaining unwavering professional standards, humanism, and compassion. A written curriculum is distributed to residents at the start of each year. Our curriculum is competency-based, consistent with the ACGME requirements that residents have competency in Patient Care, residents must be able to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health; Medical Knowledge, residents must demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and social-behavioral sciences, the application of this knowledge to patient care; Practice-Based Learning, residents must demonstrate the ability to investigate and evaluate their care of patients, to appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and to continuously improve patient care based on constant self-evaluation and life-long learning; Interpersonal and Communication Skills, residents must demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their families, and health professionals; Professionalism, residents must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities and an adherence to ethical principles; and Systems-Based Practice, residents must demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to call effectively on other resources in the system to provide optimal health care.