University of Central Florida-HCA Florida Healthcare Pensacola Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a newly ACGME-accredited (2024) Transitional Year program at HCA Florida West Hospital, community-based and affiliated with the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, designed explicitly for applicants who are either bridging into a specific categorical/advanced specialty or remain undecided on their ultimate career path. The curriculum emphasizes foundational clinical skills, preventive care, and healthcare equity advocacy, structured around protected weekly didactics that complement rotations rather than an independent research or subspecialty focus. As part of the larger HCA Healthcare GME network, residents have access to system-wide scholarly infrastructure (national research coordinators, large patient-encounter datasets, an in-house journal) though this appears to be a systemic resource rather than a defining feature of this specific TY year. The program's framing around mentorship for those "not yet decided" and support for administrative/research/clinical paths signals a service function preparing residents for whatever advanced program follows, rather than cultivating a distinct institutional identity of its own.