The Department of Medicine

Transitional Year Program

The UT Graduate School of Medicine offers a transitional year residency program jointly sponsored by the Departments of Medicine and Family Medicine. This academically rigorous one-year program gives residents the opportunity to craft a personalized schedule in multiple departments to best meet the needs of his or her future chosen field. The majority of transitional year residents at this institution continue in the fields of radiology, dermatology, and radiation oncology. The transitional year may serve as a clinical base year for other advanced specialty programs or military service.

Ronnie Hamrick, MD, PD

Madison Shadowens, MD

Coleman Churitch, MD

The Transitional Year residency is composed of thirteen 4-week blocks (Sample Schedule). Required rotations during the transitional year include four blocks of general inpatient medicine, one block of medical ICU, two blocks of ambulatory care, and one block of emergency medicine. Ambulatory Care rotation choices include The University of Tennessee main campus Student Health Center, Internal Medicine and Ambulatory Surgery rotations. Transitional residents are able to choose from a wide variety of electives from the ACGME accredited residency programs at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. Electives are available in internal medicine/medicine subspecialities, general surgery/surgical specialties, radiology, anesthesiology, neurology, pathology, dermatology, dermatopathology, ophthalmology, radiation oncology and obstetrics and gynecology. The program director works with each resident to expose them to their eventual field of choice early in their transitional year so that residents can avail themselves of research and learning opportunities at The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine.

The transitional year residency emphasizes direct patient care responsibility. Transitional year assignments and opportunities are identical to those of categorical interns under the supervision of senior residents in the respective specialty fields. Residents attend Grand Rounds and the core lecture series in the department of medicine as well as didactics specific to each of their rotations. Simulation lab sessions are offered to the transitional residents for common procedures. Mentorship for academic projects is available, and sessions that emphasize the development of basic scholarly skills are part of a formal lecture series.

The emphasis this institution places on bedside teaching and development of basic clinical skills results in a transitional-year resident well prepared for many clinical pathways.

Transitional residents can take advantage of all the opportunities offered by the UTGSM and University of Tennessee Medical Center, including the University of Tennessee Center for Advanced Medical Simulation, Resident Research Day, and travel to conferences for scholarly work.

For questions regarding the transitional-year program, please contact the department.

Additionally, real-time information and updates pertinent to the Transitional Year Program can be found by following the UT Graduate School of Medicine and the Internal Medicine Residency Program on social media.

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Application Information

Please review Transitional Year Applicant Criteria. Residents are selected through the National Resident Matching Program. Applications should be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Our residency program is listed as "University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville" and our ACGME accreditation ID is: 9994700130.

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