Mercy Medical Center – Internal Medicine Pediatrics Residency

Mercy Medical Center is a 300-bed hospital affiliated with the University of Maryland, located just minutes from the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) and Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Their state-of-the-art facility offers quality patient care. Here, second- and third-year residents care for patients with common medical illnesses in an efficient, private hospital with outstanding ancillary services.

Residents work alongside a large team of hospitalist physicians, gaining exposure to diverse practice patterns and management strategies. On the Internal Medicine service, upper-level UMMC residents provide care alongside one-year preliminary UMMC/Mercy residents. The educational and clinical programs are overseen by full and part-time faculty and a Chief Resident from the University of Maryland.

Every resident rotating through the system receives complimentary parking and a stipend covering all meals.

Medicine Inpatient Units

The upper level resident is the team leader of each of the four general medical services at Mercy. The resident is responsible for supervising the clinical work and educational experience for Mercy's preliminary interns, sub-interns and junior medical students on their team. Morning report and specialty conferences are held daily. Journal Club and Grand Rounds are conducted once a week.

Each of the four teams of residents and students care for an average of 14 teaching patients, with a team cap of 20. Residents supervise interns and sub-interns on the team and provide cross-coverage for other medical teams.

A night float team assumes all patient care responsibility at 9 pm on Sunday through Thursday, allowing the residents on call to go home at that time. An upper level resident serving as the Medical Consultant (Medical Admitting Officer) helps with supervising patients admitted to the hospital. Moonlighting opportunities on the weekends are available for upper level residents.

Pediatrics Community Care Rotation

As second- and third-year residents, our Med-Peds upper levels rotate through Mercy's Pediatrics Department in a mixed community care experience. Mercy provides inpatient pediatric care for children from birth to age 18 with a family-centered approach.

Residents participate in daily inpatient rounds and spend their afternoons in the busy Pediatric Urgent Care or in the sick-side clinic at Mercy Family Care Physicians. Residents cover the inpatient floor and supervise general pediatrics interns and medical students. Residents are exposed to bread-and-butter pediatrics on this rotation with innovative and ample support services.

Well Baby Nursery

The Family Childbirth Center at Mercy Medical Center is a family-centered facility for expectant mothers, newborn babies and families located within Mercy's Mary Catherine Bunting Center.

Residents rotate in this extremely busy well-baby nursery as second year residents. They are supported by a team of nurse-practitioners, lactation specialists, pediatricians and neonatologists and see the full spectrum of well-baby care.