Given the 5-year length of training, most programs also incorporate leadership roles and other extracurricular opportunities. They see the utility of both specialties and how each may enhance their future career goals. These goals include careers in critical care, academics, administration, and international medicine to name a few. For most combined residents the decision typically revolves around their long-term goals. The reasons as to why one pursues a combined residency varies from person to person. Why would someone choose to apply to an EM/IM residency? Below is a list of frequently asked questions that may help to guide and direct those who are interested. There are, however, some nuances and details that prospective applicants should know. Choosing this specialty and applying to these programs is similar in many ways to the application process for categorical EM. As of 2017, there are currently 11 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) EM/IM programs accepting applicants. In June 1989, the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) approved a training pathway that would allow for candidates to complete a five-year curriculum, through which they could be eligible for board certification in both emergency medicine (EM) and internal medicine (IM). Authors: Matthew Huang, MD, Jason Nace, MD, and Brian Levine, MD, Christiana Care Health System, on behalf of the CORD Medical Student Advising Task Force
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