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Welcome
The Transitional Year at Harbor-UCLA
Harbor-UCLA offered rotating internship positions from the early days of its inception as a teaching hospital in the 1950's. These positions evolved into a Flexible program and then into the Transitional Year as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements and the terminology changed. With more than 20 positions, it was one of the largest Transitional Year programs in the U.S. The program was highly respected, and it attracted students from medical schools across the country. Following its last review by the ACGME, the program received a commendation. The program was closed in 1995 at a time when the emphasis in postgraduate training shifted to primary care. However, the program was reestablished in June of 2001 after a very successful match with 20 residents. We are very pleased to be able to continue a proud tradition.
Who Should Apply to the Harbor-UCLA Transitional Year?
Although all Transitional Year Programs must provide the basic requirements, there are some special aspects to the Harbor-UCLA experience. What kind of applicant will be happy as a Transitional Year resident at Harbor-UCLA? A person who:
- Likes the combination of a large County hospital with medical school faculty with expertise in all specialties
- Likes having maximum responsibility for patient care, but will rely on the readily available guidance
- Likes being a member of a team and enjoys the institution's esprit d' corps
- Likes providing care to a diverse, under served patient population
- Wants to be treated in a manner identical to that of the other first-year residents on each service
- Wants a flexible program designed to meet individual needs
- Wants to feel very secure about their clinical skills at the end of the year
- Wants to be in a large Transitional Year Program
- Wants to take full advantage of being in Southern California
