Program Features
Providence Hospital Transitional Year Residency Program offers:
- Excellent training in fundamental clinical skills
- Equal opportunity and responsibility to categorical residents
- An organized transitional year curriculum
- Excellent track record - Program graduates are generally accepted into specialty training programs of choice
- Well staffed and equipped facilities
- Reasonable call schedules and excellent pay and benefits
- A stimulating environment for medical education - 17 residency and fellowship programs with a total of 146 house staff. A wide variety of elective rotations are available.
Positions Available/Selection Criteria
Program Length: 1 year
First Year Positions: 10
Total Number of Positions: 10
Application
We invite you to apply to the Providence Hospital Transitional Year Residency Program. We participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). They can be contacted through the following:
Medical School - Contact your Dean’s office
Access the AAMC ERAS Web site at: www.aamc.org/eras
ECFMG - ECFMG-ERAS Program
P.O. Box 13467
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3467
Or access on-line at: http://www.ecfmg.org/eras/
Program Accreditation
The Transitional Year Residency at Providence Hospital is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to offer one year of training.
Providence Hospital is a charter member of the Council of Transitional Year Residencies of the Association for Hospital Medical Education.
Call Schedule
Every attempt is made to provide all residents at Providence with quality time for reading and for personal time to spend away from the Hospital. The call schedule is generally no more than every fourth night.
Providence Hospital Statistics
Beds: 459
Births: 3,818
Occupancy: 71.4%
Radiology Procedures: 152,565
Outpatient Visits: 1,500,000
Surgical Procedures: 20,955
ER Examinations: 86,046
Admissions: 25,034
NICU Admissions: 310
Lab Procedures: 936,937
Residents: 146
Staff Physicians: 900+
Associates: 4,500
Residencies
Diagnostic Radiology
Family Practice
General Surgery
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Orthopedic Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Radiation Oncology
Transitional Year
Fellowships
Cardiology
Craniofacial Surgery
Gastroenterology
Medical Oncology
Neurotology
Occuloplastic Surgery
Sports Medicine
Program Director
Bruce L. Kaplan, D.O.
Program Director - Transitional Year
Providence Hospital and Medical Centers
Department of Graduate Medical Education
16001 W. Nine Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075
(248) 849-3216 OR (248) 849-8483
e-mail: ty@providence-stjohnhealth.org
Transitional Year - Curriculum
