Transitional Year Residency Program at St. Joseph's Hospital

The St. Joseph’s Hospital Transitional Year Residency Program, sponsored by BayCare Health System, is an ACGME-accredited 1-year training program that provides a well-rounded training experience for our residents prior to progressing to their advanced residency programs. Our sponsoring program is the BayCare St. Joseph’s Hospital Internal Medicine Program.  Our teaching sites include St. Joseph’s Hospital Main, St Joseph’s Hospital North, and BayCare ambulatory clinics. 

The core mission of the Transitional Year Residency Program at St Joseph’s Hospital and its faculty is to develop a strong foundation consisting of clinical skills, decision-making skills, and research for our trainees prior to progressing to their advanced specialty programs.  Our program provides broad-based exposure to various specialties to develop fundamental clinical skills, as well as electives to allow early exposure to our trainees prior to advancement in their respective specialties. 

Transitional Year residents are provided with a comprehensive clinical experience that mirrors the training afforded to residents in BayCare’s categorical programs. Our residents’ schedules, duties, and didactics are consistent with that of categorical residents, which affords them the same teaching opportunities and supervision. Our residents rotate through 4 blocks of Inpatient Internal Medicine Wards, 1 block of Inpatient Pediatrics Wards, 1 block of Emergency Medicine, 1 block of Critical Care, 2 blocks of Ambulatory Medicine, and 4 blocks of electives. 

Our program director works directly with each resident to ensure that all requirements are met to allow them to progress to their chosen field.