Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health

Transitional Year Position Available July 2008

The purpose of the transitional year is to provide a well balanced program of graduate medical education in multiple clinical disciplines over a twelve month period.  Each resident has an individually designed schedule to facilitate the choice of and/ or the preparation for a specific specialty.  Residents in our program have the opportunity to complete rotations in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, Radiology, Ophthalmology and Neurology.  In all of these clinical disciplines we have very active residency programs.

The majority of the TY residency training occurs at the clinical campus of the Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center which includes a 376 bed, Level 1 trauma center and tertiary referral hospital. Currently the hospital in undergoing construction and there are plans to add 80 beds and 5 operating rooms this coming year.  Each resident also has the opportunity to work at the Veterans Administration Hospital and outpatient clinic approximately 45 minutes from Morgantown.

If you are interested in applying for a Transitional Year Position with an emphasis in Occupational Medicine, please complete your application on ERAS at http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm.

In addition, you will need to register with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) @ http://www.nrmp.org. Please use Program #: 1837999P5.