Curriculum & Rotations
Your Transitional Year at a Glance
12-Month Training Experience
| Rotation | Duration | Experience |
| General Inpatient Medicine | 4–5 months | Comprehensive inpatient medicine training at Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, with additional experience at St. Joseph Hospital |
| Ambulatory Medicine | 1 month | Outpatient experience with Internal Medicine and Family Medicine faculty focused on continuity of care and preventive medicine |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 month | Emergency department experience across Ascension Wisconsin hospitals with primary training at St. Joseph Hospital |
| Electives | 5–6 months | Personalized elective time designed around your future specialty and career goals. Elective opportunities include radiology, dermatology, radiation oncology, PM&R, cardiology, critical care, pathology, nephrology, pain management, orthopedics, and additional specialty experiences. |
Didactics
Education is a cornerstone of the Ascension Wisconsin Transitional Year Residency Program. Transitional Year residents participate in a comprehensive didactic curriculum designed to strengthen clinical knowledge, diagnostic reasoning, and evidence-based practice. Residents participate in noon conferences that include hospitalist lectures, journal clubs, adverse event conferences, grand rounds, and subspecialty lectures. These educational experiences provide a strong foundation for success in advanced specialty training while fostering lifelong learning and interdisciplinary collaboration.