Curriculum

Educational Conferences

Academic Afternoons are held each Friday from 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.  This is protected time therefore residents are excused from their rotations and clinical duties to attend.

Grand Rounds are held every second Wednesday of the month from 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

M&M Conference is held quarterly from 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Residents have formal didactic teaching conferences during rotations as well.

Resources

All Transitional Year Residents will have access to the same resources as their FM PGY1 counterparts.  This includes $1000 CME allotment, program payment of Step 3/Level 3 fee, PTO days, free parking, meals while on duty, physician and resident lounge access, free confidential counseling services through BayCare EAP and Doc-B-Well Program, and full access to the extensive Florida State College of Medicine medical library, including UpToDate.

Rotation Schedule

• The Transitional Year Residency Program rotation schedule has been designed to fulfill the requirements of Fundamental Clinical Skills and allow each resident to tailor their training to their educational goals.
• The training year is divided into thirteen 4-week blocks.
• Fundamental Clinic Skills rotations include 2 blocks of Inpatient Medicine, 2 blocks of Emergency Medicine, and one block each of ICU and Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic.
• Additional required rotation blocks include General Surgery, Cardiology, an additional month of Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic and ROER (radiology, occupational medicine, ophthalmology, also includes all advanced life-saving courses, advanced airways and arterial line courses).  
• ROER is the first rotation block of the year for all intern residents in our program.  Residents have the opportunity to meet and work with their co-residents, accomplish all advanced life-saving courses, attend multiple lectures and workshops, and spend time in the outpatient clinic.  By the end of this block of training together, residents have a sense of camaraderie and are well-prepared for the rotation blocks to follow.   
• Three blocks are reserved for elective rotations.
• Available electives include Addiction Medicine, Ambulatory Surgery, Anesthesia, Behavioral Health, CT Surgery, Dermatology, Haley Center (community free clinic), ICU, Infectious Disease, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Orthopedics, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Sports Medicine and Urology.
• There is NO OVERNIGHT CALL in our Transitional Year Residency.  The schedule is built to match the PGY-1 Family Medicine Resident experience.  The curriculum is built to maximize education and learning opportunities during daytime working hours.  In order to gain a full experience in Emergency Medicine will include mornings, days and nights shifts. There is NO NIGHT FLOAT.
• ALL ACGME work-hour rules will be adhered to.  Faculty are aware of these protections and residents should never find themselves in violation of any measure.
• In creating our Transitional Year Residency rotation schedule we have been very intentional about balancing the rigors of a career as a physician and personal wellbeing for our residents and our faculty.

Simulation

Instruction including the use of Simulation includes advanced life-saving courses, and advanced airway and arterial lines courses.

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