Transitional Year

Specialty Description

Accredited Programs
212
Length of Training
1
Programs Requiring Step 1
9%
Avg PGY-1 Salary
$63,775.84
Avg Hours / Week
59 Hours
Avg Vacation Days
20 Days

Specialty Overview

The transitional year provides a well-balanced specialty of multiple clinical disciplines designed to facilitate the choice of and preparation for a specific specialty, including specialties requiring a year of fundamental clinical education as a prerequisite.

Transitional year programs also provide clinical education for those medical school graduates planning to serve in public health organizations or on active duty in the military as general medical officers or primary flight/undersea medicine physicians, or those who desire or need one year of fundamental clinical education before entering administrative medicine or non-clinical research.

Data reflects averages reported for the 2024 academic year.