The duration of the program is one year. The curriculum includes at least six months of each resident's training in disciplines offering fundamental clinical skills such that a broad scope of medical educational experience is provided in internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics or general surgery. Experience in emergency care and ambulatory care is also provided for each transitional year resident. Elective rotations are determined by the needs of the individual resident and/or the requirements of their future specialty program. The curriculum is planned and balanced according to these individual needs and with the guidance of the program director and institutional coordinating committee. All resident rotations are on clinical services where they are supervised by the faculty and senior residents in the other ACGME-accredited residency programs at St. Vincent's. Transitional year residents are afforded the same responsibilities and privileges of the category PGY I residents in these programs

The transitional year experience is of the same high quality as accorded the other ACGME residence programs. The St. Vincent's faculty is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of educational experience for the transitional resident, and the educational resources of the 30 ACGME-approved residency and specialty programs are available as training experiences for the transitional resident. The transitional year program is a long-standing and well-recognized tradition at St. Vincent's. 

Transitional Year

• Resident Curriculum
• Medicine floor 3 months
• Night float (Medicine) 1 month
• MICU, CCU, or ICCU 1 month
• Surgery 1 month
• Pediatrics 1 month
• Emergency Medicine 1 month
• Selectives 2 months
• Vacation 1 month

Candidates are evaluated by review of their medical school records, academic performance, letters of recommendation and impressions determined by the faculty at a personal interview. All applicants are reviewed by the program director and co-program director. Selection is conducted via the National Resident Matching Program. St. Vincent's looks forward to selecting highly qualified candidates to participate in its transitional year residency program.  

Suggested Electives

• Anesthesiology

• Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Child Psychiatry

• Emergency Medicine

• General Surgery

• Internal Medicine

• Neurology

• Neurological Surgery

• Nuclear Medicine

• Obstetrics/Gynecology

• Ophthalmology

• Orthopaedic Surgery

• Otolaryngology

• Pathology

• Pediatrics

• Plastic Surgery

• Primary Care

• Psychiatry

• Radiology

• Rehabilitation Medicine

• Urology