Welcome Transitional Year Applicants!
We are excited to announce the 2025-2026 Academic Year, scheduled for June 17, 2025 – June 17, 2026.
Our New Employee Orientation Week will be held June 9 – 16, 2025.
Curriculum
The curriculum of the Transitional Year Residency is well rounded with exposure to a wide variety of patients, conditions and practice settings. Our residents benefit from the guidance of outstanding clinical faculty, who are practicing physicians at Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock.
Rotations
The BH-UAMS Transitional Year residency program rotation consists of twelve, one-month blocks. The program director will work with each resident to fulfill the requirements of their chosen field. Residents are integrated into rotations and electives with internal medicine and family medicine categorical residents.
Rotation schedules are created to meet ACGME requirements while also meeting requirements of the individual residents’ specialty of choice. ACGME requires a minimum of 24 weeks of fundamental clinical skills (FCS) rotations in primary specialties. BH-UAMS Transitional Year Residents will complete six one-month blocks to fulfill this requirement.
Fundamental Clinical Skills Rotations
- Internal Medicine – Inpatient 3 blocks
- Emergency Medicine 2 blocks
- Ambulatory Clinic – 1 block
The Program Director will meet with each resident and then select the appropriate electives to compliment their advanced specialty. Elective rotations include, but are not limited to:
Electives
- Anesthesia
- Critical Care (ICU)
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hospice
- Infectious Disease
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Orthopedics
- Pediatrics – Ambulatory Clinic (upon approval and availability)
- Pediatrics – IP (upon approval and availability per ACH)
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Pulmonology
- Pulmonary Procedures
- Radiology (upon approval and availability per UAMS)
- Rheumatology
- Sports Medicine
- Wound Care
Our program, faculty and hospital are all committed to providing a quality educational experience that will prepare our graduates for their future specialty residency program.
Internal Medicine Didactics
Transition al Year Residents are expected to attend the Internal Medicine didactic sessions held Monday-Friday at noon. The IM conferences include a broad-range of topics, including, but not limited to:
- Interprofessional team-based training
- Hospitalist Noon Report
- Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Journal Club
- Morbidity and Mortality Conference
- Wellness Curriculum
- Grand Rounds
- Business of Medicine
- Professional Development
- Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
- ACP Board Prep Curriculum
- MKSAP Board Prep Curriculum
- Many subspecialty lectures
Transitional Year-Specific Didactics (monthly)
The Transitional Year Program has a dedicated monthly didactic session facilitated by the Program Director. All TY residents are required to attend and will be excused from all clinical rotations. Residents will have an opportunity to discuss clinical experiences and share personal progress, as well as, challenges that need to be addressed by program leadership. During these sessions, TY residents will be assigned to complete the following activities:
- One Team Journal Club
- One Lesson Learned Presentation
- Two Case-Based Presentations
- TY Residents are required to select one of the above case-based presentations, collaborate with a Baptist Health faculty member, and submit one Poster Presentation to the Annual Baptist Health Research and Innovation Symposium
- Lean Six Sigmas White Belt Training
Simulation Training
Annual Simulation Training, such as: clinical and procedural skills training; code situation simulation; emergency management-difficult airways; and ACLS scenarios.
Policies
The residency program aims to provide residents with an extensive experience in the art and science of medicine in order to achieve excellence in the diagnosis, care, and treatment of patients. To achieve this goal, residents agree to abide by certain policies and guidelines. In return, residents get a number of benefits and the training they need to be successful in their careers. The residency program follows all ACGME and the Baptist Health – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Graduate Medical Education Committee policies.
Stipend and Benefits
Residents will be employees of Baptist Health. Stipends for residents are competitive with other state schools in the southern region.
PGY-1: $59,786
See our Residency Program Benefits.