College of Medicine

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 periodically on the third Thursday evening of the month 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 PM PGY1 counterparts.  The 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, Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic and ROER (radiology, occupational medicine, ophthalmology, also includes all advanced life-saving courses, advanced airways and arterial line courses).
• Three blocks are reserved for elective rotations.
• Available electives include Anesthesia, CT Surgery, Dermatology, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Observation Medicine, Ophthalmology, PM&R/Orthopedics, Radiation Oncology and Radiology, 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.  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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