Riverside Regional Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Riverside Regional Medical Center's Emergency Medicine Residency is a community-based, unopposed program established in 2019 within eastern Virginia's Riverside Health system, offering 8 residents per year across suburban, rural, and pediatric clinical settings including partnerships with Children's Hospital of Richmond, VCU, and CHKD. The program emphasizes graduated autonomy through a competency-based advancement system requiring oral board interviews at each PGY level, supported by a dedicated 8,400 sq ft simulation center for procedural and critical care training. Research is present as a curricular component (literature evaluation, hypothesis generation) rather than a defining institutional focus, and special-interest tracks in rural medicine, tactical EMS, global health, and ED administration signal a broad community/rural-oriented practice preparation rather than academic subspecialization. The program's resident testimonials consistently emphasize supportive faculty investment, welcoming culture, and readiness for varied practice environments, suggesting it values collegiality, adaptability, and commitment to hands-on learning over pedigree or research output.