Its the  graduation ceremony for the third class of Billings Clinic’s Internal Medicine Residency program. Ten physicians completed the three-year residency and four physicians completed a one-year preliminary program. Billings Clinic established Montana’s first Internal Medicine Residency program in 2013. The three-year program combines education and research with practical clinical and hospital experience among a complex patient population. The residency program is designed to train internists to care for complex medically ill patients in rural environments. Training includes working in a rural community through the Rural Rotation Program, established through generous grant opportunities from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. On the Morning Wake Up Report we had a chance to talk with Dr. Mark Lee, the director of our Internal Medicine Residency; and Dr. Virginia Mohl, the program’s Designated Institutional Official