ABIM Research Pathway
This pathway helps Internal Medicine (IM) residency candidates who want to pursue a career in research to get protected time to continue research during their IM and IM-subspeciality/fellowship training.
The clinical time in IM residency is shortened to 24 months (compared to traditional 36 months) and the clinical time in fellowship is also shorter (12-24 months- the exact time depends on the fellowship).
The candidates can thus get protected time for research (where they will have 80% research commitment while continuing with 20% clinical time). Essentially, this program combines IM residency +/- Fellowship + Research Training.