Transitional

The Transitional Year Residency Program at St. Elizabeth Health Center has recently been re-established in 2004, with its inaugural class having graduated in June 2007. The program, which currently has approval for four residency positions, is co-sponsored by the Internal Medicine and General Surgery Residency Programs, both of which are long-standing, fully-accredited programs within the institution.
The purpose and objective of the Transitional Year Program is to provide a well-balanced graduate medical educational program, both clinical and didactic, in multiple disciplines, which is designed to facilitate the choice of and/or preparation for a specific specialty. This year is designed to fulfill the post-graduate medical education needs of those graduates who have either:

1. Chosen a career specialty for which the categorical program has, as a prerequisite, one year of fundamental clinical education; or
2. Not yet made a career choice or specialty selection and desire a broad-based year to assist them in making that decision; or
3. Are planning to serve in organizations such as the public health service or on active duty in the military as general medical officers or primary flight/undersea medicine physicians prior to completing a residency in graduate medical education; or
4. Desire or need to acquire a year of fundamental clinical education prior to entering into a career path such as administrative medicine or non-clinical research.

The duration of the Transitional Year Program is one year. The curriculum is outlined on the curriculum page. For questions or information, please contact:
Larissa McElrath
Program Coordinator
330-480-2994
larissa_mcelrath@hmis.org


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