The curriculum of the Transitional Year Residency is well-rounded with exposure to a wide variety of patients, conditions and practice settings. Residents benefit from the guidance of IU School of Medicine's outstanding clinical faculty, who are practicing physicians at IU Health.
Core Clinical Rotations
| Ward Medicine | 3 blocks |
| ICU | 2 blocks |
| General Surgery | 1 block |
| Ambulatory Medicine | 1 block |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 block |
| Electives | 4 blocks |
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Elective Rotations
Allergy
Anesthesia
Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics
Cardiology
Chronic Pain
Critical Care/Pulmonary
Dermatology
Endocrinology
ENT
EP Cardiology
Gynecology/OB
Hematology/Oncology
Hospitalist
Infectious Diseases
Interventional Radiology
Neurology
Nephrology
Palliative Care
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry
Psychiatric Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Radiology
Rehabilitation (PM&R)
Rheumatology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Sports Medicine
UrologyPlease visit the ACGME website to check specialty requirements and recommendations.
Learning Environment
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital is a major non-profit teaching hospital with 360 beds and the largest medical education program in Indiana outside Indianapolis. The hospital serves as a tertiary referral center and teaching hospital for east central Indiana. Ball Memorial Hospital was recently named as one of the top 100 teaching hospitals in the United States.
Residents benefit from training in the supportive learning environment fostered by both IU Health and IU School of Medicine. The Transitional Year Residency is supported by several other IU School of Medicine residency programs and by numerous IU Health clinical service lines.
The Transitional Year Residency has full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Active in medical education for more than 70 years, the Ball Memorial Hospital provides internships and residency programs for more than 50 house staff members representing family medicine, internal medicine and transitional year. We have a proud tradition of excellence in educating doctors. Ball Memorial Hospital is one of the premier training locations in the nation, and our compassionate, supportive atmosphere also makes us one of the friendliest.