Florida State University College of Medicine-Cape Coral Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a new, community-based Transitional Year program sponsored by FSU College of Medicine and hosted at Cape Coral Hospital within the Lee Health system in underserved Southwest Florida, explicitly designed as a launching pad into advanced specialty training rather than an endpoint. The curriculum blends broad-based internal medicine, EM, pediatrics, ICU, and ambulatory rotations with a newly built continuity clinic and simulation center featuring POCUS training, reflecting a structured, hands-on approach to preparing residents for any specialty match. Research and quality improvement are built into the schedule (dedicated RES and QI blocks, scholarly elective) but framed as supportive rather than central, consistent with a program whose stated goal is producing "adaptable, well-rounded physicians" who thrive in their chosen specialty. The program explicitly hopes graduates will consider returning to practice in physician-shortage Southwest Florida, signaling a community-retention orientation alongside its transitional-year function.