Transitional Year Residency Program

Mission Statement

At HCA Healthcare we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. In support of this mission, TriStar Centennial Medical Center graduate medical education strives for excellence in all our educational programs while maintaining an environment of mutual respect and inclusion. To accomplish this, the HCA Healthcare/TriStar Nashville Transitional Year Residency Program provides residents with a robust 12-month training experience in which they cultivate and maintain the fundamental clinical skills and professional mindset needed to enter a categorical training program. The program serves the needs of the rapidly-growing middle Tennessee population, providing residents with the opportunity to care for patients with acute and chronic illnesses in diverse practice settings. Residents learn to work as effective healthcare team members, in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, interacting with attendings, residents from other specialties, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals. To ensure residents are provided with the best training experience, the Transitional Year Residency Program carefully chooses faculty members with diverse backgrounds and skill sets. Faculty utilize their expertise and experience to facilitate a learning environment of continuous growth through teaching, role-modeling, and supervising residents throughout the 12-month training program.

Program Overview

Our Transitional Year Residency is like a crossroads for young physicians and we intend to put you on the path to professional success by providing the resources necessary for you to grow as a physician, consultant, researcher and teacher.

Whether you are transitioning to another residency elsewhere or staying on for one of our own categorical residency programs, we will instill in you the fundamental clinical skills and the professional mindset needed to succeed in the future.

Program details

Curriculum highlights and rotation schedule

In our program, residents' rotation schedule provides exposure to core medical specialties plus electives in subspecialties including:

• 8 weeks of inpatient medicine
• 8 weeks of ambulatory (resident clinic)
• 4 weeks of emergency medicine
• 4 weeks of medical intensive care unit
• 4 weeks of cardiology
• 4 weeks of neurology
• 20 weeks of electives (five-week blocks)
• Electives currently available — Anesthesia, dermatology, general surgery, leadership, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pediatrics, psychology, radiology

Conference schedule

The TriStar Centennial Transitional Year Residency Program will provide residents with a robust didactic curriculum, which encompasses lectures, small groups, workshops, simulations, and structured opportunities for evaluation of clinical acumen and procedural skills through mock codes, OSCEs, and simulation.

Daily

Residents' daily activities include:

• Morning huddle — 7:30am to 8:30am
• Attending rounds — typically start 8:30am to noon
• Presentations — patients are presented to the attending physician
• Bedside teaching — regularly included in attending rounds
• Specialty cases — occasionally, specialty cases are presented for discussion, depending upon the interests of the attending physician
• Learning activities — including the physical exam, a discussion of particular medical diseases, psychosocial and ethical themes, and management issues

Weekly

Residents meet once per week for the following:

• Noon conferences — Conferences include monthly themes on various specialty medicine topics. All residents on inpatient floor teams and electives are expected to attend.
• Yale Office-Based Medicine Curriculum — This curriculum covers a wide span of primary care topics and provides both an evidence-based approach for what house staff might encounter as well as updates on new developments in therapy or standards of care.

Monthly

Monthly activities for residents include:

• Grand rounds
• Journal club (held in conjunction with evidence-based medicine meetings)
• Mortality and Morbidity (M&M) Conference

Salary & Benefits

Access to health, dental, vision and disability insurance is made available to residents on the first day of employment.

Salary

For the 2024-2025 academic year PGY-1 residents are paid $61,318 plus a one-time $1,000 stipend for orientation and an additional $950 stipend for meals (less applicable taxes and withholdings).

Benefits

PGY-1 residents enjoy the following benefits, including:

• Leave — Four weeks (20 days), Annual paid time off (vacation, sick and any other time away from work)
• Insurance — Access to health, dental and vision on day one of employment
• Technology — Laptops and iPhones provided
• Study materials — Step 3 study materials including a subscription to UWorld or Combank
• Exam fees — Step 3 exam fees fully reimbursed upon documentation of a passing score report
• Lab coats — Two embroidered lab coats provided
• Curriculum support — Structured research curriculum including but not limited to clinical research, journal club preparation, quality improvement projects, book chapters, and review articles
• Parking — Secure on-site parking
• Board study materials — Board study materials provided, such as: MKSAP, NEJM Knowledge+ and UWorld
• HCA resources — Digital library, dedicated GME evidence base medical medicine, exam prep and curricula
• Professional memberships — Paid society memberships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Surrounding community

Nashville, Tennessee, is a vibrant community of 1.6 million people. Teeming with creative energy, especially in the arts and music, Nashville is also a center of innovation in medicine. The city provides a tremendous work-life balance, combining a rooted, down-home hospitality with cosmopolitan diversity. World-class entertainment, sports, and dining combine perfectly with easy access to the outdoors, reasonable commutes, and mild weather.

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