HCA HealthONE Program-Sky Ridge Medical Center

Transitional Year Analyst Verified · Jul 1, 2022

HCA HealthONE Program-Sky Ridge Medical Center

HCA HealthONE Program-Sky Ridge Medical Center is a residency program specializing in Transitional Year, located in Lone Tree, Colorado, directed by Ryan P. Spilman, DO and coordinated by Carrie Nealon. and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at cnealon@rvu.edu or (720) 875-2889. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, community-based Transitional Year program within HCA Healthcare's system, deliberately capped at eight interns per class to allow individualized curriculum design across rotations at Sky Ridge Medical Center, The Medical Center of Aurora, and Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center. The curriculum is built explicitly to satisfy PGY-2 advancement requirements for fields like anesthesiology, radiology, dermatology, ophthalmology, radiation oncology, and PM&R, positioning this as a launching pad rather than a terminal training year. Scholarly activity is institutionally supported through HCA's national research infrastructure (data from 30+ million annual encounters, dedicated research coordinators, the HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine) though not positioned as central to the TY experience itself. The program emphasizes a structured, supportive learning environment tied to HCA's system-wide wellness framework (autonomy, belonging, competence) rather than procedural volume or subspecialty depth, reflecting its function as a foundational bridge year.

Who it fits

An applicant with a competitive, first-attempt board record who has already secured or is pursuing a categorical match in a PGY-2-start specialty (such as radiology, dermatology, anesthesiology, or PM&R) and is seeking a well-supported, low-chaos foundational year rather than a program with its own independent career identity.

Research intensity

Moderate - supported through HCA's national infrastructure and encouraged, but not positioned as expected or central to this specific TY program.

Career orientation

Fellowship - the program is explicitly structured to feed PGY-2 entry into advanced specialties rather than to establish an independent career pathway.

Important

The program does not accept international medical graduates, and states it does not offer observerships, externships, or preceptorships for international graduates.

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