Historically Cushy Transitional Year Programs

This can be the beginning of your list for easy Transitional Year programs.

I don't know why all of them are cushy, so to speak, but I'll include info (from discussion boards) if I have it. In no particular order...

Albert Einstein Philly - 4 months of call only. granted those 2 medicine months are tough (tons of patients), but it is quickly over. Albert Einstein, PA-6 electives.

Crozer Chester - Philly - no overnight call while on rotation. stay in hospital until 11 pm and go home with night float taking over.

Virginia Mason - Seattle.

Scripps Mercy - San Diego. it is in SD. need i say more? the call schedule is great. and did i mention...it is in san diego...!

St. Vincent's in Manhattan

Long Island Jewish, Northshore, and Winthrop in NYC

St. Barnabas - NJ

Birmingham, AL Baptist Medical Centers - Good perks. Good upper level residents. Solid.

St. Lukes, also St. Josephs - Milwaukee, WI

Riverside, VA- 4 mos call, 6 electives, beach nearby

Carillion - Roanoke, VA - includes a country club membership when you join, many Duke rads people went there last year and loved it

Carolinas Med Ctr, NC-prelim, 6 electives, 6 mos call, great learning and very nice attendings, great city

Christiana Care - Delaware -see website www.christianacare.org for good details about program Christiana Care, DE-4 electives, night float, bad part is that come in everyday and might have new patients

Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program - AZ - is probably the cushiest first year.

St Josephs - Phoenix - PRELIM medicine was better than most transitionals in terms of hours.

Oakwood Hospital or St. Johns - Detroit - The nice thing about Oakwood is the night float system, as for St. Johns it's free food.

Reading or Lehigh Valley - small town PA - malpractice issues should not affect internship training, both are excellent, easy years where the PDs let you tailor your year with plenty of elective time, lots of perks like free food (Reading) and
Reading Hosp, PA-6 electives, 50 call nights.

Lehigh Valley, PA-6 electives, night float, awesome use of technology (all get a mini laptop to enter orders), best cafeteria, high-tech gadgets (Lehigh Valley).

Two places in Chicago - Swedish Covenant (read specific reviews on auntminnie.com - apparently picking up patients is optional, but you have to take call Q6 the entire year), Weiss (call with night float till 9 pm), West Suburban, MacNeal (5 mo electives), St. Francis (6 elective months), IL Masonic (7 months of no call, no weekends); Evanston Hospital while not neccessarily cush isn't too taxing.

Highland Alameda County - Oakland, CA - Hate call and Hate scut? Hate writing notes, and Hate rounding? That's why you will LOVE transitional internship at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. One of the cushiest programs I know of. And you can learn a thing or two if you want...

St. Joseph Hospital - Houston, TX

Ball Memorial Hospital - Muncie, IN - A pretty sweet program, take about 4 months call, no surgery, no peds, no OB/gyn, get to take a month of pathology, nice people, very helpful nurses, can take extra ICU call - get $600/night (10hr shift) on weeknights and $1000/night (12hr shift) on weekends.

Do you have a CUSH InternYear program? List it here or in the forums!