Candidates for this program will be exposed to all aspects of this from most all specialties, learn appropriate communication skills and multidisciplinary team-based learning which incorporate wholistic management of patients. Doctors of internal medicine are also trained to provide cross specialty consultations on the medical management of patients from other specialties.

Doctors of internal medicine can also choose to sub-specialize in one of a number of internal medicine specialties- for example Cardiology.Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology etc..