Transitional Year Residency Program

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Mission

The mission of the transitional year residency program is to provide a broad-based clinical experience and didactic curriculum that prepares the resident physician to confidently enter the next phase of his/her career with the ability to pursue careers in various specialties.

Program Aims

During transitional year residency training at MountainView Regional Medical Center, each resident is expected to develop strong clinical skills with experiences in emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics, surgery and elective rotations. Specific knowledge, skills and attributes to be developed in each of the competency areas during the year include:

1. Professionalism: The transitional year resident must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities which includes: a) placing the needs of patients first, b) maintaining a commitment to scholarship, and c) striving for continued improvement throughout residency training. The transitional year resident must also demonstrate respect in dealing with patients and families as assessed by feedback from patients and nurses. Residents must demonstrate appropriate understanding of the need for patient confidentiality, informed consent and compliance with HIPAA regulations.
2. Patient care and procedural skills: The transitional year resident should demonstrate the ability to evaluate assigned patients and complete an appropriate history and physical examination. The resident should also be able to generate an appropriate diagnostic and management plan for assigned patients and should demonstrate the ability to produce appropriate documentation summarizing the evaluations and treatment plan.
3. Medical knowledge: The transitional year resident should further develop an adequate knowledge base of basic pathophysiology and differential diagnosis for common clinical problems as well as demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
4. Practice-based learning and improvement: The transitional year resident should demonstrate a willingness to obtain feedback and learn from errors committed. Transitional year residents should demonstrate a basic understanding of evidence-based medicine as well as the ability to search the medical literature for problems detected in assigned patients.
5. Interpersonal and communication skills: The transitional year resident must be able produce timely, accurate and complete medical records including a complete history and physical examination, discharge summary and daily progress notes. The resident should demonstrate good communication skills when dealing with patients, families, nurses, staff physicians and resident peers.
6. Systems-based practice: The transitional year resident must demonstrate the ability to perform well in the various settings of the residency program by providing care to patients of very diverse age, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds encountered at these institutions. Residents must demonstrate basic cultural competence skills in dealing with diverse patient populations encountered during these experiences. Each transitional year resident will also learn the principles of patient safety and quality improvement.

Curriculum

To assure appropriate development of fundamental clinical skills, each resident is assigned a minimum of 24 weeks of rotations in emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics and surgery. Electives are available to provide flexibility and are assigned with consideration of individual needs and goals for advanced residency training.

Didactic Schedule

All disciplines participating in the education of transitional year residents encourage involvement in their formal educational activities such as teaching rounds, conference, seminars, guest lectures, journal club and grand rounds. Institutional and program-specific conferences provide a broad range of structured didactic activities in the general competencies: professionalism, patient care and procedural skills, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, and system-based practice.

Surjit Reddy Moolamalla, M.D., FACOG, FAAFP
Program Director

Jacqueline Soto
Program Coordinator
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