Naples Comprehensive Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

NCH's Transitional Year Residency is a young ACGME program (first class 2021) at an independent, community-based, non-profit health system in Naples, FL, structured in collaboration with Northwestern Medicine and integrated administratively into the Internal Medicine department. The curriculum emphasizes broad core exposure (inpatient wards, night medicine, MICU, surgery, EM, ambulatory, simulation) paired with 14 weeks of electives spanning nearly every specialty, allowing residents to tailor preparation toward their intended categorical field, including a formal research elective. The program sits within a growing "Advanced Community Healthcare System" with a dedicated Research Institute running national/international industry-sponsored trials (cardiology-heavy) and a large simulation center, giving TY residents access to research and procedural infrastructure atypical of a small community program. As a transitional year feeder program, its core value is producing well-rounded residents ready to succeed in competitive advanced specialties (radiology, anesthesia, dermatology, PM&R, radiation oncology), with institutional mission alignment and fit explicitly cited as selection considerations.