The Integrated Medical School and Internal Medicine Residency (TIP) Program

The Integrated Medical School and Internal Medicine Residency (TIP) Program is for medical students at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (CHM) who:

• Currently are in their third year of medical school and are interested in a career in internal medicine.
• Are looking for additional training and experience in clinical internal medicine (hospitalist or outpatient focused), leadership and/or research/academic medicine.
• Have a strong interest in completing residency training at the participating CHM Internal Medicine Residency program.
• Are looking for an experience that will ease the transition into residency and will allow them to participate in residency experiences as fourth year students.
• Would benefit from a $20,000 scholarship.

The CHM Integrated Medical School and Internal Medicine Residency Program (TIP) is a transitional fourth year medical school experience that continues into residency. TIP is not an early decision residency program and does not guarantee the student a residency position. Rather, TIP helps support the student’s interest in internal medicine and integration into an internal medicine residency program. Successful participation in TIP should make the student an excellent candidate for residency training in internal medicine. If the student progresses well in TIP, he or she can anticipate that the residency program will rank the student highly and training at that program will be an option. Explore the TIP application.

Focused Areas of Excellence

A TIP student must choose one of three areas for additional study during the four years of this program. These areas include:

• Leadership—designed for students interested in advocacy, politics or health policy working with leaders in Internal Medicine at the local or state, national or international level.
• Research/Academic Medicine—designed for students interested in academics, residency leadership, curriculum development, or research.
• Clinical (hospitalist or outpatient-focused)—designed for students interested in working as members of clinical teams to provide high quality patient care in diverse settings

Senior Medical Student Project

The student will complete an initial project related to the chosen Focus Area before the end of medical school. This can be an oral or written presentation or poster and can be delivered to the Program Director or to a larger group (residents, clinic staff, or at a research conference).

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TIP FAQs for Medical Students

• Will all of the positions be filled?

  Only if there is an excellent fit for both student and program. It is possible that no positions will be filled and it is possible that all of them will be.

• My fourth year schedule is already pretty organized. Will that have to change if I get into this program?

  Most likely. You will need to work closely with the residency program director and the community assistant dean’s office to organize your fourth year. You will have to meet all your medical school requirements, complete at least one sub-internship within your community before October, organize your continuity clinic with the residency, spend some time studying for your Step II exams, and will begin working on structuring your focused area of excellence and completing a project.

• How will my application be reviewed?

  Your application will be reviewed by the Residency Program Director of the participating residency according to the same criteria they would use to evaluate a student applying for residency there. Your application will be reviewed with respect to how good a fit you will be for the goals of this program and your commitment to the community and the discipline of Internal Medicine.

Application Requirements

• Completion of TIP Application
• Original Medical school application (We will obtain this from student affairs)
• Personal statement explaining why the student wants to pursue TIP
  • two pages, double spaced, sent to Laura Freilich and copied to Amanda Vanetten.
• Three letters of recommendation; at least one from the Internal Medicine Clerkship, if student has completed it. These should be addressed to Dr. Freilich and copied to Amanda Vanetten.
• MSU CHM transcript (TIP will obtain this from student affairs)

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Timeline: 2027 Pilot Year

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