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Transitional Residency

Preparing Physicians for Advanced Subspecialty Training

The Transitional Residency at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin is structured to give residents broad exposure to the basic areas of medicine to provide fundamental skills training. This popular and competitive program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has been in existence since 1983.

Members of the Transitional Residency at Dell Medical School
Members of the Transitional Residency at Dell Medical School in a group photo
Members of the Transitional Residency at a dinner together
Five members of Dell Med's Transitional Residency together at a dinner table, each wearing pink cowboy hats.
Seven members of Dell Med's Transitional Residency each holding sketched portraits.
Six members of Dell Med's Transitional Residency at a restaurant table.
Group photo of transitional year residents at the Blanton Art Museum
Group photo of the transitional year residents looking at artwork

The Transitional Residency program is jointly affiliated with Dell Med’s departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.

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Rotations are completed at the new Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas and other associated clinics.

Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin.
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas

Dell Seton is one of four teaching hospitals for Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. Here, doctors train other doctors, conduct groundbreaking research and implement new treatments. The internal medicine, emergency medicine, neurology and surgery rotations are all completed at this site.

Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas.
Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas

Serving a 46-county area, Dell Children’s is the premier health care provider for children and adolescents in Central Texas. Dell Children’s is the only pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center in Central Texas and one of only five in the state. Pediatric wards month and pediatric emergency medicine month are completed at this site.

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About the Application Process

The program receives about 900 applications and interviews about 75 candidates each year to fill six positions.

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Exposure to Various Areas of Medicine

Residents rotate through internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, emergency medicine, neurology or psychiatry and specialties.

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Meet Our Residents

It’s an exciting time to be a part of medical education and research in Austin. Dell Med residents and fellows are talented physicians working to become leaders in their fields.

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Advancing Care Transformation

Learn to tackle systemic challenges in health and develop your skills as a systems-ready leader, all while completing your residency or fellowship.

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