Transitional Year Program Information

The program produces well-rounded residents who have balanced experience in a variety of clinical settings prior to entering advanced residency programs. While there is an aspect of your schedule driven by the board requirements of your advanced specialty, we will work with you to craft a schedule that allows you to explore your own interests. In general, Transition Year students are scheduled for:

• 18 to 24 weeks of inpatient Internal Medicine wards (depending on subspeciality needs), split between Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital at Midtown, and the Atlanta VA.

• Two to four weeks of medicine intensive care (Exception: Anesthesia has two months per board requirements)

• Four weeks of emergency medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital

• Four weeks of outpatient ambulatory care at the Atlanta VA

• Three to four months of elective time with roughly half related to your advanced specialty and the other half your choice, which you would arrange roughly one to two months prior.

• 8-12 weeks of of elective time with roughly half related to your advanced specialty and the other half your choice, which you would arrange roughly one to two months prior.

• Three weeks of vacation, which you would schedule prior to orientation in June, and one week off for the holidays (either the week of Christmas or New Year’s) scheduled via lottery.

View a sample schedule for neurology. Please note that there may be schedule changes for future classes as we consider a switch to an X + Y model of scheduling. 

Electives

Regardless of your advanced program, being at a multi-hospital residency allows you to choose from a wide range of available electives. Here are select elective options: