USMLE STEP 1
Requires Passing Score
Required for Interview
USMLE STEP 2 CK
Requires Passing Score
Not Required for Interview
US Clinical Exp
No Requirement
Time Since Graduation
5 years or less is preferred
Visa Policy
H1B (Sponsored)
J1 (Accepted)
Program Info
Scripps Mercy's Transitional Year Residency emphasizes training in the specialties of internal medicine and pediatrics. The transitional year rotations consist of 13 blocks of 28 days each. A typical year consists of four to five medicine ward rotations, one day float rotation on the medicine wards, one MICU rotation, two to three pediatric rotations (inpatient at Naval Medical Center San Diego or in the Level II Special Care Nursery at Scripps Mercy or outpatient in the Mercy Clinic), one emergency medicine, and two to three elective rotations determined individually according to the career goals and training needs of the resident.
Program Info
Residents have the opportunity to participate in a research project.
Program Info
Residents undertake progressive autonomy and responsibility for patient care decision-making Technical support services perform nearly all ancillary procedures which allows the resident to spend more time at the patients' bedside.
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