Transitional Residency Program
Welcome!
We, at the Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Transitional Year Residency Program, are pleased to see your interest in our teaching program. Our program has been in existence since 1974 and takes pride in producing wonderfully talented residents, generation after generation.
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is a 253-bed, not-for-profit, community, teaching hospital, affiliated with Tufts Medical Center and serves a very diverse population. The emergency department is one of the busiest in the region. There is certainly no shortage of learning opportunities.
Our program offers 8 PGY-1 positions and is sponsored by the medicine and surgery departments of Tufts Medical Center. We are fully accredited by the ACGME.
A few things you might want to know about our program: First, you truly will have the opportunity to transition into a high-functioning, capable physician – proficient in all the general competencies. Our program encourages early, graduated independence and responsibility. Supervision, 24/7, comes from a very talented group of hospitalists, medical subspecialists, surgeons, intensivists and medical and surgical residents that rotate from Tufts Medical Center.
Secondly, our program is one that fosters a sense of camaraderie, teamwork, and community (both in and outside the hospital). It is no surprise, some of our medical staff, having begun their medical careers as Transitional Year residents, have re-circulated back into our hospital
community, as members of our radiology, psychiatry and ophthalmology departments. You will definitely feel connected to the program and the hospital.
You also benefit from the experience and wisdom of the prior Program Director (PD), Dr. Burton J. Polansky, Chief of Medicine and Cardiology, Emeritus. Dr. Polansky founded the teaching program in 1974 and has remained devoted to the training of residents ever since. Alongside the current PD Dr. Dale J. Ellenberg, he takes a very active interest in helping all the residents achieve their professional and personal goals.
The hospital offers 24-hour ancillary services, a wonderful nursing staff, competitive salaries, flexible scheduling, and 3 weeks vacation. The teaching program has seamlessly adjusted to the new duty hour requirements where there is no overnight call and no night float system, thanks to the hospitalist coverage model.
The schedule is broken up into 13 blocks or rotations. The number of weeks in each rotation over the course of the academic year looks like this:
Internal Medicine
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26 weeks
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Critical Care
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4 weeks
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General Surgery
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4 weeks
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Emergency Medicine
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4 weeks
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Ambulatory Medicine
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5 weeks
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Electives
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9 weeks
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Electives are offered at Tufts Medical Center. Research electives are also encouraged.
There are many educational activities which include regular subspecialty lectures, a critical care lecture series, Grand Rounds, Tumor Board Conference, M&Ms, Journal Clubs and bedside teaching.
In June 2008, a group of young doctors came through the doors of Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital to embark on a year-long journey that will undoubtedly shape the rest of their lives. Three of our residents, James, Leah, and Justin had agreed to have their year chronicled – their successes and challenges- by the local newspaper, the Enterprise. A dedicated website consisting of news articles and video clips can be found at www.makingadoctor.com
Please visit the links listed below that outline our application guidelines, and selection process. A sample copy of the House Officer's Appointment Agreement is also provided.
Applications for the program are accepted through the "Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)" via the internet. Information about ERAS can be obtained through their web site: http://www.aamc.org/eras
For additional information about the program, email Linda Lalli, the Transitional Year Residency Program Coordinator.
Dr. Dale J. Ellenberg, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., was appointed Program Director in February 2011. He had been the Medical Education Director (Associate Program Director) for the Transitional program since 2002.
Dr. Ellenberg is a member of the Departments of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, board certified in both, and has been on the staff at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital since 1984.
He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and is an active participant in the physical diagnosis workshops at the medical school.
While Dr. Ellenberg is also the Director of Medical Education at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, responsible for the continuing medical education program for staff physicians and allied health professionals, the vast majority of his duties is dedicated towards the teaching program and building doctors, year after year.