PH GME Residency Transitional Year Curriculum

Program Requirements

• All residents required to take 6 months of General Internal Medicine rotation (may include CCU and Oncology). Any exceptions to this policy must be pre-approved by the Program Director to ensure appropriate rotation scheduling, evaluation and counseling of the resident
• All residents required to do one month of ER
• All candidates required to have the equivalent of 1 month of ambulatory care
• Residents may elect to spend up to 4 months in a Participating Department other than Internal Medicine
• Residents not electing 4 months in a Participating Department other than Internal Medicine may choose 2 months of electives from an approved list on an availability basis (see below). An additional 2 months of rotations will be assigned
• All residents will have call time approximately equal to but not greater than first year categorical Internal Medicine residents while on Internal Medicine or Medicine elective rotations. In no case will the on-call schedule average out to more than every fourth night
  
  There will be a written agreement signed by the resident, Transitional Year Program Director and Sponsoring Department Program Director delineating the tentative curriculum.

Examples of Transitional Year Curriculums

Transitional Year Only

• 1 month ER
• 3 months Internal Medicine-Fundamental Clinical Skills (IM-FCS)*
• 1 month ambulatory medicine
• 1 month vacation (includes up to 5 conference days)
• 2 months FCS (IM, OB, peds, surgery, etc.)
• 4 months electives

Transitional Year/Internal Medicine-PH Track

• 1 month ER
• 6 months Internal Medicine-Fundamental Clinical Skills (IM-FCS)*
• 1 month ambulatory medicine
• 1 month vacation (includes up to 5 conference days)
• 3 months electives

Transitional Year/Osteopathic Intern Combined

• 1 month ER
• 6 months Internal Medicine-Fundamental Clinical Skills (IM-FCS)*
• 1 month ambulatory medicine**
• 1 month vacation (includes up to 5 conference days and 1 week self study)
• 1 month FCS (IM, OB, peds, surgery, etc.)
• 1 month family practice (inpatient or outpatient)**
• 3 months electives
• Twice monthly OMT sessions with Dr. Elkiss

* = IM-FCS rotations include medicine teams, hematology/oncology, CCU, etc.

** = Only one of these is required when the rotation is family practice and it is an ambulatory rotation. Otherwise, both are required

Note: In addition to the requirements below, all MDs pursuing a categorical residency other than internal medicine will rotate:
• 2 additional months (CCU, hematology/oncology, or IM)
• 3 additional month of electives  

Electives

All education opportunities, quality of patient care, and academic performance of Transitional year residents are equal for all PGY I residents at Providence Hospital.

Transitional Year - Program Details