HCA Florida Healthcare-USF Morsani College of Medicine GME - Tampa South-Blake Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine-affiliated Transitional Year program housed at a 383-bed Level II Trauma Center and Burn Center in Bradenton, FL, integrating TY residents directly into the Internal Medicine categorical service and a broad array of subspecialty rotations (cardiology, GI, hem/onc, neuro, nephro, anesthesia, burn/plastics, trauma). The program's explicit purpose is bridge-year preparation, individually tailoring each resident's schedule (including four elective months) to satisfy the clinical base year requirements of their chosen specialty rather than promoting a single career path of its own. Its documented Match outcomes into competitive fields (dermatology, radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, PM&R at strong academic centers) indicate it functions as a launching pad for applicants already matched or committed to advanced specialty programs requiring a preliminary/transitional year. Two of the fifteen annual positions are reserved for the affiliated PM&R program, reflecting a structural link to that specialty within the department.