title: The ground floor of an internal medicine residency program.
authors.affiliation: Education Department of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA. JAPerez@tmhs.org
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Perez
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D013781:Texas