Indiana University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-based Transitional Year program at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, functioning as a 40-year-established clinical base year feeding into anesthesiology, dermatology, diagnostic/interventional radiology, neurology, PM&R and radiation oncology at IU School of Medicine and beyond. With 15 positions annually, the program emphasizes a well-rounded, balanced clinical curriculum, individual resident development, and physician wellness rather than a single specialty focus, reflecting its role as a bridge year rather than a terminal training pathway. Residents can access IU's broader academic infrastructure, including GME Training Pathways (Clinician-Educator, Global Health, Health Impact, Leadership) and scholarship funding, though these are institution-wide offerings rather than features built specifically for the TY curriculum. The program appears to value commitment to the residency class and clinical patient care during this single foundational year, given that residents' primary professional identity lies in their subsequent advanced specialty.