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CURRICULUM TRANSITIONAL YEAR PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CHATTANOOGA ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013 Revised 4/2012 FORWARD TO TRANSITIONAL YEAR INTERNS The purpose of this curriculum is to provide information about our program and an overview of available rotations. The program curriculum is designed to meet the educational needs of the Interns. The transitional year is designed to fulfill the educational needs of medical school graduates who have (1) chosen a career specialty, which has a prerequisite one-year fundamental clinical education. (2) desire a need to acquire at least one year of fundamental skill education prior to entering a career path that does not require broad clinical skill such as administrative medicine and or clinical research. (3) are planning to serve an organization such as public heath service or on active duty in military as general medical officers, (4) have not yet made a career choice of specialty selection and desire a broad based year to assist them in making that decision. The transitional year Intern responsibilities include patient care, data gathering and organization, physical exam skills and decision-making. OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………….. ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM ……………. PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT …………………………………………………………. EVALUATIONS ………………………………………………………………………. ETHICS ………………………………………………………………………………… MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES ……………………………………………………………. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE …………………………………………………………… CONFERENCE ………………………………………………………………………… CONFLICT RESOLUTION ………………………………………………………….. RESEARCH ……………………………………………………………………………. SUMMARY …………………………………………………………………………….. MEDICAL RECORDS ………………………………………………………………… ROTATIONS …………………………………………………………………………… Introduction The transitional year residency program was started in 1915. We have trained four to ten transitional year interns at one time. Most of our transitional year Interns continue their training in the fields of Anesthe