The curriculum of the Transitional Year Residency is well-rounded with exposure to a wide variety of patients, conditions and practice settings. Residents benefit from the guidance of IU School of Medicine’s outstanding clinical faculty, who are practicing physicians at IU Health.
Program Aim
To develop health care leaders who are well prepared to enter advanced residency training.
Clinical Rotations
The clinical curriculum consists of 13 four-week blocks. Each resident completes eight core clinical rotations and five electives.
| Emergency Medicine | 2 blocks |
| General Surgery (or MICU2) | 1 block |
| Internal Medicine Clinic | 1 block |
| Internal Medicine Hospitalist | 2 blocks |
| Medical ICU | 1 block |
| Pediatrics Hospitalist | 1 block |
| Electives (listed below) | 5 blocks |
- Allergy, Asthma, Immunology
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Dermatopathology
- Infectious Disease
- Medical Toxicology
- Neurology
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Pain (Anesthesiology)
- Palliative Care
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Plastic Surgery
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiology (all subspecialties)
30+
partner clinical services and academic departments
42
years of continuous ACGME program accreditation
126
years of graduate medical education at Methodist Hospital
Didactics and Simulations
The Transitional Year Residency hosts a multifaceted didactic and simulation curriculum that supplements clinical learning experiences. Interactive sessions focus on a wide range of topics in the following domains:
- Career mentorship
- Critical appraisal of medical literature
- Ethics of practice
- Interprofessional patient care
- Quality and patient safety
Residents are also invited to attend a wide array of didactics from affiliated clinical service lines and academic departments at IU School of Medicine.
Learning Environment
Based at IU Health Methodist Hospital and a part of IU Health’s academic health center in downtown Indianapolis, the Transitional Year Residency has maintained an enduring partnership with Methodist Hospital.
Residents benefit from training in the supportive learning environment fostered by both IU Health and IU School of Medicine. The Transitional Year Residency is supported by several other IU School of Medicine residency programs and by numerous IU Health clinical service lines.
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IU Health Team
Transitional Year operations and clinical learning are a product of the strong commitment to resident education from IU School of Medicine and IU Health.