The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Holy Cross Hospital Medicine Residency Program, received accreditation on September 22, 2014 in the final step toward becoming the first residency program at Holy Cross Hospital. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved the Internal Medicine training program to begin in July 2015 which will expand over the next three years to train a total of 42 residents. The accreditation decision culminates a process of nearly two years during which the administration and faculty of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Holy Cross Hospital worked together on the residency application, faculty recruitment and development and the ACGME site survey which was held in May 2014.
Program leaders at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at Holy Cross Hospital will now begin work to attract and recruit top candidates from medical schools around the country to the new program. Candidates will be able to apply to the program by October 1, 2014 by submitting applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), the online application system that connects fourth year medical students to available residency programs.
Residency is a specialty-specific training program that acts as the final step toward becoming a board certified physician. Residents, who already have graduated and received their Medical Degree, work closely with fully licensed and board certified experts to hone their skills in providing high-quality patient care in preparation for independent practice. Residencies can take place in a variety of settings from university-based academic institutions to purely community-based institutions to University of Miami at Holy Cross Hospital’s community-based, university affiliated setting, bringing the strengths of both settings together.
