University of South Florida Morsani Program

Program Identity & Fit

USF's Med-Peds program is a university-affiliated, academic combined-training pathway built on tertiary/quaternary referral sites including Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Tampa General Hospital, the James A. Haley VA, and Moffitt Cancer Center, giving residents exposure across the full acuity spectrum from routine primary care to complex subspecialty referral. The four-year curriculum alternates between specialties every two months, incorporates weekly continuity clinic, and builds in a broad elective menu (POCUS, procedures, global health, palliative care) alongside a resident-led Scholarly Activity Group and longitudinal QI/patient safety projects rather than a mandated research track. Service orientation is explicit: residents staff a resident-run free clinic with Catholic Charities and participate in structured global health rotations in Guatemala and Colombia, reflecting a mission toward vulnerable and underserved populations locally and abroad. The program frames its graduates as prepared for primary care, hospital medicine, academic medicine, or subspecialty fellowship, emphasizing collaborative culture, mutual support, and community-building (retreats, cultural dinners) as core identity markers.